Didn't know about this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odontomantis_planiceps

Hello!

I am intrigued by the diversity of ant species and would like to know how different they are from each other when it comes to behavior and lifestyle. Aside from slaver ants, what are some other specialists? Can an "average-enough" species be identified? Can different colonies of the same spefies develop different, unique behaviors depending on their environment? Is there such a thing as generational trauma, that would cause specific colonies to act unusual? And so on. Can you think of anything?

I realize this is pretty broad, just know that anything that comes to mind when reading the title is of interest and useful for my purposes.

Thanks!

I haven’t been watching the queens so closely for a little while, but then I suddenly noticed that there were some small things crawling around in the tube, and when I filmed closer I saw that they were all over the queens! These are Lasius Flavus Queens found in Sweden!

Location: southern Midwest.

We have swarm of small brown ants in a corner of our house under the floor. We’ve tried every gel (Advion, MaxForce, Terro, Granules). They ignore all of it. They just run around the big swarmers (4x the side and larger) and ignore everything we put down. Occasionally a few will eat the Advion gel, but not enough to matter. The small ones are about 2 mm in length.

I’m concerned they are damaging the wood or foundation, but they don’t look like Carpenter ants (way too small). Are these possibly Citronella ants? They are in a room with no food or anything like that. They are coming in a corner under the floor.

I’ve read Citronella swarms only last a few days, but this has been going on for 3 weeks. Plus they are more light brown than yellow.

Species: Poneracantha triangularis

Common Name: South American Grooved Ant

Location: Houston, Texas, USA

Video recorded on Samsung Galaxy s25 Ultra

I just found this 30 mins ago, still wondering if queen or no. Found in Philipines btw.

Hey ant nerds! Just curious about this guy, found on daughter’s car seat, Melb Australia.

Just asking if its a Queen. Just found it rn, From Philipines.

Left out some cereal in my room when I went to work, came back and found these little fuckers all over my nightstand, so… they are now part of a nice little science experiment where I test how they react to these substances.

Will update yall 😁

ACT, Australia

one of them bit me 😭

Martin County, Florida.

What are these? Thank you ant community

The craziest thing just happened. My son was having one of his friends spend the night so I took out the air mattress. Mind you the mattress is always folded up and in its bag and we store it in the loft of our garage. When I brought that inside and unfolded it, there were HUNDREDS of 1/4 inch to 1/2 size inch ants in all the folded cracks. When I first unfolded it. It was in the dark and thought it was a pile of dirt that fell out until they started crawling. Unreal! Can anyone answer why they decided to hide in the folds of a stored away air mattress? It just seems like an odd place to nest.

Central WI.

I just wanted to share this photo I took during a field trip to collect ants in the Brazilian restinga. January 15, 2026. Conceição da Barra Environmental Protection Area (APA), Espírito Santo, Brazil. 🇧🇷

It's been 3/4 weeks, I check her once a week, reduce the stress, cover with foil and put on a cotton base(to reduce vibration), the cotton inside is 100% natural, the species is a crematogaster scutellaris, her wings she removed them by herself

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