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Query:

Subject: Why was a colony of ants evacuating to a new location, carrying others....

Date: Sat Oct 28 17:52:57 2000
Posted by Collin Heisig
Grade level: 10-12 School: SHS
City: Hesperia State/Province: CA Country: USA
Area of science: Zoology
ID: 972769977.Zo
Message:

I Observed a colony of red ants evacuating their hill and moving to a new 
location 50 ft away. the worker ants were carrying larva, eggs, and also 
able bodied ants of equal size. Why was the colony moving? Is their some 
distinguishment between the worker ant nd the one being carried?


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