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Ant swarm - Tetramorium immigrans - female
Copyright © 2019 Kurt Andreas

Ant swarm - Tetramorium immigrans - Female
Ridgewood, Queens County, New York, USA
July 26, 2019
Size: minute
The ants have been swarming every couple of weeks in the same spot. I see no evidence of fighting, food sources, reproductives or larvae. Does anyone have any idea what they're doing?

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Ant swarm - Tetramorium immigrans - female Ant swarm - Tetramorium immigrans - female Ant swarm - Tetramorium immigrans - female
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Contributed by Kurt Andreas on 26 July, 2019 - 12:18pm
Last updated 5 August, 2019 - 10:52am

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This is a territorial battle of pavement ants. I see these pretty commonly on sidewalks in the northeastern states. If you look closely you can see that they are all locked in combat

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