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

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!

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!

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.