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[jaspergeli]

I live in Rizal, Philippines. What do you call those black ants that live underground? They found foraging on the ground. They're like 1 cm in length. They're always found singly when foraging and enter in random holes back to their colony.

Edited by jaspergeli, December 20 2018 - 2:31 AM.

[Leo]

From your description, these ants are ranging from odontoponera, diacamma, odontomachus, large camponotus, polyrachis, harpegnathos, pachycondyla, ectomomyrmex and the list goes on and on and on. Please, pictures, accurate size and a little more detail. "black ants that live underground" won't cut it. Basically every terrestrial black ant larger than 0.7cm fits your description. 

[kingz2015]

It's not very common for large camponotus species to be found underground. But their description isn't the greatest, even though I think it may be a tetramorium or lasius niger-like species.

[Leo]

1cm, is not tetramorium, also no offence, but not a single lasius species lives in the philippines. Also lasisu are apparently pretty small, though I can't say much because I have never seen lasius before.

[kingz2015]

I actually read that wrong to believe it was 1mm (still too small for tetramorium but I just thought so because they're so common). Really? I wonder why that is. Btw, no offense was taken, knowledge is power.

[Leo]

LoL bcuz I live in China, lasius aren't exactly a tropical species