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[DaveJay]

So I'm watching the start of Godzilla and Matthew Brodwick sticks electrodes into the dirt and worms come up. I wonder if running a mild current through an ant nest would make them vacate queen and all?

[Patp3]

Well i'm no expert but after a little research I found alot of discussion about ants being attracted to electrical currents as powerline workers have to contend with large grouping of ants on the equipment. So where a worm is stressed by electrical currents apparantly some species of ants seek it out ‍♂ this was just after a few google searches and reading def not an expert

[DaveJay]

It's interesting, I just posted a thought from the top of my head but it is something scientists just don't know. There was a lot of talk about cell phone towers messing with bees and other insects homing devices but it seemed to die out.
There's still so much to explore on this planet, we need to keep asking silly questions till we die.

[DaveJay]

But I was thinking, if there's a little colony and you put electrodes either side of the nest and connected a battery would the trickle of current through the damp earth make ants move out but not really hurt them? I'll try it sooner or later but I just wondered if someone already has.

[Joehostile85]

Well i'm no expert but after a little research I found alot of discussion about ants being attracted to electrical currents as powerline workers have to contend with large grouping of ants on the equipment. So where a worm is stressed by electrical currents apparantly some species of ants seek it out ‍♂ this was just after a few google searches and reading def not an expert

I haven’t looked into it, but I wonder if they’re attracted to the heat coming off the equipment and not the electrical current itself.