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[OwlThatLikesAnts]

I was in Ottawa and I noticed a little tetramorium immigrans worker that kept on spinning in circles and I could tell that she was not lost because of how she had her sisters check up on her (which she ignored) and ended up spinning for approximately 30 minutes until she was “satisfied” and went one direction that led to her colony and that was the end of that. Btw I feel like she was spinning for a bit more time because I discovered her in the middle of her spinning

(I will post the video later)

[RushmoreAnts]

Sometimes ants get their pheromone trails mixed up. My guess would be either she was following a circular pheromone trail or she was sick and dying of some disease.

[OwlThatLikesAnts]

Sometimes ants get their pheromone trails mixed up. My guess would be either she was following a circular pheromone trail or she was sick and dying of some disease.

Wouldn’t the workers who checked up on her disrupt the trail?

Edited by OwlThatLikesAnts, August 4 2024 - 5:30 AM.

[RushmoreAnts]

 

Sometimes ants get their pheromone trails mixed up. My guess would be either she was following a circular pheromone trail or she was sick and dying of some disease.

Wouldn’t the workers who checked up on her disrupt the trail?

 

Not necessarily, they may believe she is following a legitimate trail just like she does.