Cool facts about ant species

Martialis · Post: # 10738Post **Martialis** Sat Sep 03, 2016 8:36 am

So after my B. depilis queen died, I looked further into her species. Turns out, she could not only share a nest with my tetramorium, but farm aphids as well! Here's a link to a video showing it, as well as a website:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

http://bugguide.net/node/view/583702

http://bugguide.net/node/view/583703

Quite a cool species. Too bad she died.

AntsRule · Post: # 11030Post **AntsRule** Mon Sep 12, 2016 6:38 pm

Umm the video is of some singer

What do you mean by share a nest?

MCWren · Post: # 11033Post **MCWren** Mon Sep 12, 2016 6:42 pm

Very funny.

Martialis · Post: # 11036Post **Martialis** Mon Sep 12, 2016 6:55 pm

AntsRule wrote:Umm the video is of some singer What do you mean by share a nest?

Video was a rickroll

But the rsest is real. They have been found nesting inside a Tetramorium nest.

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