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selfawareMammal wrote: post #7

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> black garden ant (Lasius niger) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_garden_ant Probably from Latin or Greek.

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Post by sudo_cowsay » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 10:08 PM UTC

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Post by jlengrand » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 10:09 PM UTC

As a 40 year old who has had colonies since he's your kiddo's age, please thank him for me! I've created an account :).

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Post by mark124mj » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 10:23 PM UTC

selfawareMammal wrote: post #7

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I know right that one caught me off guard.

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Post by donkey_brains » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC

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Post by tantalor » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 10:40 PM UTC

Seems like something you could do in a spreadsheet with less time.

What's the advantage?

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Post by watchdarkly » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 10:47 PM UTC

Are these made up ant colonies?

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Post by nreilly » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 10:53 PM UTC

Would be good if you can set a hemisphere (I assume nuptial flights are different in northern vs southern hemisphere. Adding more ant species would be helpful too. Camponotus consobrinus, iridomyrmex purpureus and aphaenogaster longiceps are pretty common in Australia.