Carpenter Ant's Sneak Attack

An Eden team member in Portland, stumbled upon this bizarre occurrence during a routine apartment inspection. After discovering a nest of Aphaenogaster ants (aka Funnel Ants) he then noticed what appeared to be a Carpenter Ant eating their larvae and stealing their nesting materials. Soon the Aphaenogaster ants began attacking the Carpenter Ant.
Scott then found a Carpenter Ant nest about 60ft away under a rock. The Carpenter Ant in the video is a swarmer, meaning that he is on the prowl for new grounds to mate and create a satellite nest. In the video it looks as if he's collecting resources to start that new satellite colony.

This video was taken from a cell phone, so please pardon the shakiness

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Education

Tags:

• Eden
• Pest Control
• Carpenter Ant
• Ants

[PreppyPoser1]

Awesome find.

[PlasticPandaz]

Interesting