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Why go outside to find ants when you can just go to work!

Started By starcraftjunkie , Jul 20 2020 5:02 AM

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#1 Offline starcraftjunkie - Posted July 20 2020 - 5:02 AM

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Came to work today and saw something in a corner of the building in the office area I work at alone.

Turns out it's a small cluster of pavement ants from the outside coming into the inside of the building. On closer inspection, I noticed winged ones, while the workers were holding them down.

They haven't flown yet (although one was flying, I have doubts that it really mated), and I can't imagine they would fly inside anyways. Is it wishful thinking that they would have nuptial flight inside of a small office building?

This is in south east Illinois.

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#2 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 20 2020 - 5:32 AM

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The ones I see in the pictures are males.

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#3 Offline AntsDakota - Posted July 20 2020 - 5:52 AM

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The ones I see in the pictures are males.

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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version