Re: how fast do ants move

Wow, what a hard question. I can not really answer it. Part of the problem 
is that ants doen't really race around much. As ants are cold blooded, their 
speed is influenced by the temperature of the environment. Another problem 
with ants, is that they tend to exhibit foraging behavior. This means they 
are poking around hoping to find food. This is very slow behavior and tends 
not to be in a straight line. Ant can be very fast if disturbed at the nest 
but come out quickly then stand and search for someone to bite. Ant also 
follow pheromone trails laid down by other ants as they move along. I surfed 
the net in order to find some specific data on particular ants, information 
tended to be about speed of infestation.   As ants aren't exactly known for 
speed there has not been a great deal of research on this particular 
question.
Below are some projects on how to test ant speed. 
 http://ant.edb.miyakyo-u.ac.jp/INTRODUCTION/Gakken79E/Page_52.html
 http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/esi/2000/cr2000/Group_1/Research_Project/
ANTPAPER.htm