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Pavement ants are incredibly common in the US, yet are not native. They traveled here on European ships more than a hundred years ago.

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"Where neighborhoods overlap, huge numbers of workers from  each side collide. They furiously drum one another on the headwith their antennae; they rip one another apart with theirmandibles. They’ll separate an individual from the pack and closein around her, gnashing at her body with their jaws, grabbing herwith their claws, turning her into ant dust. These ants meanbusiness when it comes to setting boundaries."

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"Where neighborhoods overlap, huge numbers of workers from  each side collide. They furiously drum one another on the headwith their antennae; they rip one another apart with theirmandibles. They’ll separate an individual from the pack and closein around her, gnashing at her body with their jaws, grabbing herwith their claws, turning her into ant dust. These ants meanbusiness when it comes to setting boundaries."

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- Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants

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"Pavement ant workers push out of their nests with a mission: to establish their neighborhoods before ants from othernests nudge in and squeeze them out."

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"Pavement ant workers push out of their nests with a mission: to establish their neighborhoods before ants from othernests nudge in and squeeze them out."

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-  Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants

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Here's a vid of the pavement ants just being ants

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Here's a vid of the pavement ants just being ants

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Pavement Ants (Tetramorium caespitum) at War

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Observed on 12th of July 2015 in Cheshire CT, USA. When territories of two pavement ant (Tetramorium caespitum) colonies overlap the dispute can quickly escalate into a full-blown war with many casualties. Wars start when scouts find a resource at the territory boundary. The dispute is quickly transmitted to the colony and more soldiers get recruited.

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Another similarity between me and this lovely ant is we both are not picky eaters!

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Pavement ants build their nets up to 12 feet underground and can burrow through sidewalks and pavement!!

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The pavement ant's scientific name is Tetramorium caespitu

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That's me at Yellowstone National Park

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(Common Name)

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(I'm the one on the right)

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Pavement Ants can have wings and are often mistaken for termites for the way they swarm.

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Just like the fabulous pavement ant, I'm not spooked easily

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Both the Pavement Ant and I love to eat meat!