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A larger ant carries the corpse of a smaller one
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Dead, under a log
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Dead, under a log
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these extremely large ants were common around old, fallen logs and standing snags.
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these extremely large ants were common around old, fallen logs and standing snags.
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There were lots of these large ants active outside the house after dark.
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One worker (I think) walking by itself in the forest.
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One worker (I think) walking by itself in the forest.
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Numerous ant holes surrounded with chaff, the husks of the grass seeds they have been harvesting. I saw five swarming ant groups and they may have all been part of the same colony since all were within a 10' radius. Correction on the ID: It was not Messor. Under glass this had head and gastor black and a brown/orange rounded thorax and one petiole, 8-10mm as per: California Academy of Sciences Identification Key to 16 Common Ants of The San Francisco Bay Area.
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Numerous ant holes surrounded with chaff, the husks of the grass seeds they have been harvesting. I saw five swarming ant groups and they may have all been part of the same colony since all were within a 10' radius. Correction on the ID: It was not Messor. Under glass this had head and gastor black and a brown/orange rounded thorax and one petiole, 8-10mm as per: California Academy of Sciences Identification Key to 16 Common Ants of The San Francisco Bay Area.
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Numerous ant holes surrounded with chaff, the husks of the grass seeds they have been harvesting. I saw five swarming ant groups and they may have all been part of the same colony since all were within a 10' radius. Correction on the ID: It was not Messor. Under glass this had head and gastor black and a brown/orange rounded thorax and one petiole, 8-10mm as per: California Academy of Sciences Identification Key to 16 Common Ants of The San Francisco Bay Area.
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Numerous ant holes surrounded with chaff, the husks of the grass seeds they have been harvesting. I saw five swarming ant groups and they may have all been part of the same colony since all were within a 10' radius. Correction on the ID: It was not Messor. Under glass this had head and gastor black and a brown/orange rounded thorax and one petiole, 8-10mm as per: California Academy of Sciences Identification Key to 16 Common Ants of The San Francisco Bay Area.