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These guys got flooded out of their planter

Started By DustyDoes , Jun 17 2016 7:15 AM

flooded massacre

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#1 Offline DustyDoes - Posted June 17 2016 - 7:15 AM

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These little guys got flooded when the groundskeepers had to water the planter a day or two ago and are cleaning out the nest today. Lots of dead alates in the pile.

edit: oops, didn't attach the photos the first time :-P

edit 2: Here's a video of the carnage!

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Edited by DustyDoes, June 17 2016 - 7:49 AM.

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#2 Offline MrmrGatlin - Posted June 17 2016 - 7:23 AM

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Hey, Just a heads up, I don't think there's a photo attached.

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#3 Offline DustyDoes - Posted June 17 2016 - 7:35 AM

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Thanks! Fixed now :-D

#4 Offline prettycode - Posted June 17 2016 - 7:43 AM

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Hmm, kind of looks like an ant war to me.

#5 Offline DustyDoes - Posted June 17 2016 - 7:53 AM

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I remember seeing the groundskeepers watering all the elevated planters like that one yesterday, so I just assumed it was die off from the flood. But I wouldn't know how to differentiate that from a colony war. I just added a video that shows the area a little better, and the proportion of moving, living ants to the kajillions of dead ones.