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Camponotus noveboracensis attacking colony member


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#1 Offline AntsMAN - Posted July 21 2016 - 1:53 AM

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These workers seem to be attacking a fellow colony member?

 


Current queens/colonies

Camponotus novaeboracensis x2

Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2

Camponotus herculeanus x1

Formica sp. x1

Lasius americanus x1  (Lasius alienus)

Lasius neoniger x1

Crematogastor cerasi x1

Myrmica sp. x1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


#2 Offline sgheaton - Posted July 21 2016 - 7:44 AM

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What can you really do in a situation like this???


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#3 Offline AntsMAN - Posted July 21 2016 - 7:46 AM

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Watch, and wonder why they would do such a thing.


Current queens/colonies

Camponotus novaeboracensis x2

Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2

Camponotus herculeanus x1

Formica sp. x1

Lasius americanus x1  (Lasius alienus)

Lasius neoniger x1

Crematogastor cerasi x1

Myrmica sp. x1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


#4 Offline sgheaton - Posted July 21 2016 - 8:01 AM

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Try not to anthropomorphize.


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#5 Offline AntsMAN - Posted July 21 2016 - 9:22 AM

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Try not to anthropomorphize.

 

"Watch, and wonder why they would do such a thing." This is a viable statement to make, as they exhibiting odd behavior.

I did not anthropomorphize.


Edited by AntsMAN, July 21 2016 - 9:31 AM.

Current queens/colonies

Camponotus novaeboracensis x2

Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2

Camponotus herculeanus x1

Formica sp. x1

Lasius americanus x1  (Lasius alienus)

Lasius neoniger x1

Crematogastor cerasi x1

Myrmica sp. x1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


#6 Offline sgheaton - Posted July 21 2016 - 9:35 AM

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When I was a young laddie during a family vacation at...Oh I'm going to get it wrong....Universal Studios? One of those big movie theme parks.... Running through the "Honey I shrunk the kids" exhibit, giant blades of grass, giant ants, big trash, etc....it was like YOU were actually shrunk when in reality everything was made large. 

Anyways, it started to rain. And there was one of those Giant Ants in an over turned soda can opening, music was playing close by...and for whatever reason I just lost it and started to cry. Really bawl. I felt bad for the ants as it was like their world was ending. Giant droplets that would kill them were raining from the sky and they had to run to find shelter. I wasn't thinking about how I was tiny and if I was in their situation...I was thinking about how they have to deal with that all the time and it made me sad so I cried. 


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