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AntnoobSG
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Unique ants

Post: # 47988Post AntnoobSG
Mon Aug 20, 2018 2:52 am

What do you guys think is the most unique ant
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Re: Unique ants

Post: # 47989Post AntnoobSG
Mon Aug 20, 2018 2:59 am

I think myrmoteras
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Re: Unique ants

Post: # 47995Post AntsIkhlef
Mon Aug 20, 2018 6:29 am

AntnoobSG wrote:
Mon Aug 20, 2018 2:52 am
What do you guys think is the most unique ant
Easily Leafcutter ants, Then Trap-Jaw ants, and weaver ants! I also believe hat Diacamma queenless ants are unique too, Rainbow ants also have a unique look, i's a hard choice
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Re: Unique ants

Post: # 48007Post Batspiderfish
Mon Aug 20, 2018 9:33 am

You can find something fascinating about any ant species if you look hard enough. Every species is objectively unique.
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Re: Unique ants

Post: # 48040Post AntsDakota
Mon Aug 20, 2018 12:32 pm

I think one of the most unique ants around my area are Lasius claviger. Their workers are orange, their queens are black, with long, skinny abdomens, and they even smell like citronella.
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Re: Unique ants

Post: # 48068Post TheRealAntMan
Mon Aug 20, 2018 5:46 pm

I find Cataglyphis the most unique ant because of their ablity to survive the hottest desert on earth and the way they hold up their gaster.
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Bierschneeman
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Re: Unique ants

Post: # 48075Post Bierschneeman
Mon Aug 20, 2018 6:24 pm

Ill go with Batfishspider on this.

Unique is too, emotional a term. its very objective, its essentially asking whats your favorite.

everyone has a different favorite ant (or Most Unique) for a specific reason, thats the one that captures their mind best. Be it Pavement ants, Crazy ants, Marauder ants, Honeypot ants, Trapjaws, Carpenter, Fire, Glider, Subterranean, Army, Iridescent, Forelius, Pharaoh, Formica, Yellow footed, Blue, Harvester, Weaver, Hunter, Big Headed, Odorous, Large Eyed, Cork headed, Calypto, Aphid Farmer, Dorylus, Melissotarsus (has domesticated animals), G. Destructor (jumps), Thaumotamyrmex (pitch fork jaws), And so many more I haven't even hit several subfamilies. I Probably missed someones favorite , or vote for most unique.

Its like why Jaws kept winning "Best Horror movie" the vast majority of voters, had only seen Jaws. It was the only Horror Movie on Broadcast TV for over a decade.
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