This scientific collection in Brazil was damaged by a flood, and these brown specimens (covered in mud) still need to be cleaned

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Saw these for the first time the other day and thought y’all would find it interesting as well. The nymphs of bow-legged bugs look like a type of giant ant.

Hey everyone! I found this ant earlier tonight, around midnight, walking alone on the ground at a gas station in southern Tenerife, Canary Islands.

It rained yesterday, and today has been pretty humid with almost no wind, so I thought it might be a good time for nuptial flights. She's about 12 mm long, with a reddish head and thorax and a darker, almost black abdomen. I noticed a few marks on her thorax that look like they could be wing scars, but I'm not really sure.

I'm hoping she's a queen, but I could be completely wrong. Does anyone recognize the species or know if she's actually a queen?

She came. She crawled. She dreamed of becoming a butterfly. Unfortunately, the ants had other plans :) 🐜

A little update from Garden of Ants, the ant colony RTS/sim we are working on.

Does the way she crawls look natural to you? What kind of caterpillar would you like to see in a game about ants?

More about the project on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3016940/Garden_of_Ants/

Best

Tomas

One of the biggest and most active nests I’ve seen, I think, ever. The nest was about 10 feet wide, and they were gathering from about 110 feet away. One thing I thought was really cool though, was just how they were drinking from the sprinkler, so they basically just have endless water right at their nest

Species: Leptogenys elongata

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Common Name: Razor-Jaw Ants

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Location: Houston, Texas, USA

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Colony Size: 1 Ergatoid Queen, 60+ Workers

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Video recorded on Samsung Galaxy s25 Ultra

Every season, the same questions come up: "Are Camponotus flying yet?" "Did anyone see Lasius go up today?" The answers are scattered across Discord channels, old threads and word of mouth, so they're gone by next year.

I'm a keeper building ANTS (ants.arcosants.com), and one piece of it is a nuptial flight map. The goal is simple: keepers everywhere log the flights they see, and over time we get a real, shared record of when and where each genus flies, all year and in both hemispheres.

How it works:

• You report a flight with the genus (species if you know it), the date and time, and the weather if you noticed.
• Locations are coarse. Pins show a rough area, never your exact spot, and sharing is opt-in.
• Reports are reviewed before they show up, so the map stays trustworthy.

Why it matters: with enough reports, we can see patterns for each region, like the weeks Pheidole flies in Florida versus Texas, or how a warm spring shifts things. That helps new keepers know when to look, and it builds a dataset that doesn't exist yet in one place.

It only works if lots of people contribute, so even one report helps. I'd love feedback too: what would make you actually log a flight? What info would you want to see on the map?

Species: Pachycondyla harpax

Location: Houston, Texas, USA

Video recorded on Samsung Galaxy s25 Ultra

Hi!!! what do you wish you’d known starting out? Hey! My queen just arrived with around 20–30 eggs. I’d love some advice from people who’ve raised this species: feeding during founding, temperature, moisture, and how often to check on her. What worked for you, and what mistakes should I avoid? I’d love to hear your experiences, including anything that went wrong!

我好奇啥味道的
:D

I'm starting a community based on this Chrome extension because I think it's so insane
r/AntFarmIdle All the fricken upgrades are actual evolutionary aspects of ants, and it's just an entire colony that runs while you have your browser open. If you're a fan of ants at all, I'd download https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ant-farm-idle/hcjmnnhfmcadaijhbneklpohncleicoc