What was that dashing young worker ant lurking in a dandelion?
Formica pallidefulva, of course.
Five points to MrILovetheAnts for getting the genus, and five more for Ben Coulter for being the first to correctly identify the species.
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Probably not particularly young, for a worker, if it is a forager. Just sayin.’
Not to be pedAntic.
Ha!
I could have really raked in the points on this one, if I’d gotten there before those two guys. Would I have gotten extra for explaining the nitidiventris situation?
Extra? No.
But if you write a guest post on the nitidiventris issue, I’ll send you a print of the Monday Mystery.
Alex I object… If you look at the string of posts my post which correctly identified the species came before Bens…. Sorry Ben lol 😉
Ah- so you did! That’ll be six points for you. Ug. I must be getting old.