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Description:

Turned over a rock and found this surprise! These ants seem to be sheltering their young from the merciless monsoon rains by seeking refuge under this stone. As soon as I picked it up, they all scattered underground, dragging the larvae with them.

Notes:

I'm sorry for disturbing your home little ones!

Species ID Suggestions

Carpenter ant

Camponotus festinatus
narwhal83
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Comments (9)
Scott Frazier
@narwhal83 This is from the mission statement "Only add spottings that include photos of INDIVIDUAL "parent" animals taking care of their young.This is NOT a mission for surrogate care as seen in COLONIAL ants, bees, wasps, etc." http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8176997
narwhal83
It oughta count as brooding behavior!
Ivan Rodriguez
Thank you FoTony, my camera decided to be nice to me that day!
Ivan Rodriguez
The website's being weird again, it won't let me remove it.
Ivan Rodriguez
Alright, thanks a lot! Sorry for the delay, I've been busy. Will remove it from the mission now. :)
Scott Frazier
Since you asked, well not really. I'm interested in actual parent-ing behavior. Yours - a nice spotting - would be colonial/surrogate rearing. But thanks for your interest!
Ivan Rodriguez
Would this be acceptable for the Brooding Behavior mission? What do you guys think?

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PublishedSeptember 15, 2011

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