Myrmica Rubra ants are acting weird.

[Etavolantis]

Hi,

I've already gone to Reddit for this, but I can't seem to get an answer to what's happening, cause it kinda scares me.

I've had my Myrmica Rubra colony for a while now, everything has gone fine until I spotted two ants randomly standing there, one keeping the other from moving which causes that ant to shake uncontrollably. When I poke the ants, the one ant holding the other runs off while keeping it in its mouth.

No, they're not transferring food from one another; one ant is just holding the other still for what seems to be no reason, causing the other ant to shake weirdly.

Does anyone know what this means?

[Vincex]

Mine do the same thing one ant grabs another and carries him around ! They also do it with dead ants too perhaps the ant is sick or near death or just wanna hug