Ant wars
Title | Info |
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Common name | Ant, Pavement |
Scientific name | Tetramorium caespitum |
Taxonomic group | Formicidae |
Source | Dan L. Perlman |
Ecological interactions | Competition |
Behavior | Territorial |
Organisms | Animals |
Animals | Insects |
Lessons | Competition |
Date | 1989 |
Location | Brookline,Massachusetts,USA,North America |
Ants competing for territory, Massachusetts. Ants are frequently quite territorial. In this image, two ants are part of a much larger battle between two colonies of a single species. The colonies are competing over territorial boundaries early in the spring, when the ants are coming out of nests after their winter of reduced activity.