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Ant colony inside Cadbury cream egg

Started By AntsMAN , Oct 28 2016 7:18 AM

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#1 Offline AntsMAN - Posted October 28 2016 - 7:18 AM

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Had to share this one.

 

http://www.dailymail...-Creme-Egg.html


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#2 Offline sgheaton - Posted October 28 2016 - 7:26 AM

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I hate you for making me scared to eat those come Easter-time. What species of ant was it? 
 


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#3 Offline T.C. - Posted October 28 2016 - 7:38 AM

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haha, that's funny. hehe :D


Edited by T.C., October 28 2016 - 7:39 AM.

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#4 Offline Crystals - Posted October 28 2016 - 8:19 AM

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Interesting.

I have been told that it isn't uncommon in tropical locations to see this. Most do not leave unwrapped chocolate out as some ants really like it.  Even Mikey from AntsCanada has a video of this, where part of his chocolate bar disappeared from inside the wrapper.


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#5 Offline sgheaton - Posted October 28 2016 - 9:40 AM

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HEY! Halloween haters! Stop making me think about all the bugs that are in candy! 


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#6 Offline T.C. - Posted October 28 2016 - 10:46 AM

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haha, I am a halloween and a lego hater now huh?


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#7 Offline sgheaton - Posted October 28 2016 - 11:46 AM

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Though seriously, what is the nutritional value of say a jolly rancher? I'm thinking about salt licks for live stock -- what about a sugar lick for ants?? I eat chocolate so they don't get that..but a jolly rancher could be spared. 


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#8 Offline Kevin - Posted October 28 2016 - 12:47 PM

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That's awesome... although I doubt it was a whole colony.


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#9 Offline CallMeCraven - Posted October 28 2016 - 1:37 PM

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That is really funny. I love the headline that says the offer of a 1 pound refund was slammed. O british sayings can be funny.


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#10 Offline ctantkeeper - Posted October 28 2016 - 2:07 PM

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Although unlikely, here is a secondary theory of mine : what if the ants where not nesting within the egg but instead, happened to be foraging on the table she left it on and found a small gap between the wrapping and the egg. I saw nothing resembling brood within the egg, but then again the quality of the footage was pretty terrible.


#11 Offline Canadian anter - Posted October 28 2016 - 2:21 PM

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I once saw a Tapinoma melanocephalum saltellite colony in sime icebreakers @sgheaton
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#12 Offline Mdrogun - Posted October 28 2016 - 2:38 PM

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I once saw a Tapinoma melanocephalum saltellite colony in sime icebreakers @sgheaton

You guys have Tapinoma melanocephalum all the way up in Canada?


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#14 Offline MrPurpleB - Posted October 28 2016 - 4:40 PM

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I wish I could find a colony like that. I don't have any. :lol:

#15 Offline Leo - Posted October 28 2016 - 10:06 PM

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i want an egg with ants inside...


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#16 Offline Leo - Posted October 28 2016 - 10:08 PM

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there's-pizza-in-my-ants_o_1008806.jpg

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#17 Offline ctantkeeper - Posted October 29 2016 - 8:47 AM

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there's-pizza-in-my-ants_o_1008806.jpg

haha

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#18 Offline Enderz - Posted October 29 2016 - 8:55 AM

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Haha nice meme


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#19 Offline dspdrew - Posted October 29 2016 - 9:52 AM

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The ants probably found the egg, and were feasting on the insides for quite some time. I doubt there was a whole colony in it. Funny thing is that was probably most nutritious Cadbury Egg she could have eaten.


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#20 Offline MrPurpleB - Posted October 29 2016 - 9:55 AM

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Ants give it that extra protein and that mysterious flavor. 


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