https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy Tell us what you noticed and wondered about ants en-us 2020-08-31 15:36:38 UTC 2025-02-11 17:47:58 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f41c.png mwhite96 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/709170258 I notice that the ants travel in zig zag paths to find food. They also tend to be in the shade rather than the sun unless there is food. I wonder what happens when two ants meet? Why do they zigzag? I wonder how long on average it takes ants to find food and communicate that there is food to their colony? I wonder what happens when an ant path is disturbed? ]]> 2020-08-31 15:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/709170258 fgerber2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712385047 Interesting things that I noticed where that some ants seemed to have more purpose than others. While some may have been searching for food, slowly wandering around, other ants would move much faster, rapidly zigzagging around trying to avoid something or get somewhere fast? One ant was even carrying another wounded ant, who although didn't have any visible damage, was seemingly unable to walk on its own.The environment around it didn't seem to affect much, whether it was a table, concrete, or wood chips.]]> 2020-09-01 16:41:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712385047 mtownsend2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712401711 I noticed that the ants all traveled very quickly and frantically, they traveled in a zigzag pattern and sometimes they bumped into each other. The ants I observed were traveling back and forth over a rock in the sun (once they got over this rock they went under the next ones).  None of them came back with food, so I wonder what they were looking for/ where they were going. I also wonder why they all follow the same general path (instead of separating to look in more places at once), and why they bump into each other.  ]]> 2020-09-01 16:44:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712401711 nmursio2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712495731 I noticed that there's only one brown ant. Maybe it's looking for food because it was wandering around the rock. The ant started to move quickly once it noticed me, maybe it got scared. I wonder why it was alone? Why does it have that single black stripe in its abdomen? I wonder why it was on the rock instead of the dirt/grass?]]> 2020-09-01 17:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712495731 ismartinez2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712702070 Appearance:Brown-ish Black any, with possibly a broken leg ?
Temp outside:75f 
Precipitation:0%
Humidity:63%
Wind Rate:1 mph
Ant was on sunny concrete making it's way towards our recently cut grass. Traveling with other 2 ants, this one was much slower, but they were all the same species. ]]> 2020-09-01 17:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712702070 rbuse2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712705437 Ryan Buse
I noticed ants coming in the house from a gap between the doors and splitting into two paths. There couldn't have been more than 20 ants on either path. One trail disappeared underneath a cabinet and must have gone into the wall. the other trail ended about four feet from the door aside from the occasional ant wandering around the center of the room. it seemed to me that the ants were coming inside to get away from the heat.
it was about 70*f inside and almost 80 outside]]> 2020-09-01 17:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712705437 acibrian2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712746363 What I notice is that there were tons of ants on the tree close to the canyon by my house. The ants were like people in Time Square. Most of the ants that I saw were small, brown, and had stripes expect the middle which looked like a honey color. Whenever I would try to touch one they all started to move faster than normal. I wonder why they always climb that tree and not the floor since there's no fruits on the tree? 

]]> 2020-09-01 18:05:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712746363 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712751861 Wondering:how they carry so much weight with they’re tiny body
Observation: looks aggressive, very small, confused easily - Mexie J ]]> 2020-09-01 18:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712751861 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712756429 I looked a little while for ants and I finally found them in the very back of my yard. When I saw the ants, I sat down next to the ants and began taking notes and pictures
observation: The ants that I saw in my backyard were traveling on a plank of wood on my deck. they were traveling in straight lines and they would stop for each other when they crossed.]]> 2020-09-01 18:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712756429 jvernon2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712764324 I noticed two kinds of ants a larger and a smaller one. The larger one was a reddish orange with a golden yellow(which I named Willbert)and the smaller one was a deep brown with a golden brown ombre on its abdomen. Willbert seemed to be protecting the smaller ants along with 3 or four others. They were stationed about a foot apart and each had about a 2 inch perimeter they were constantly checking its was really interesting. I wondered why they seemed to be protecting the smaller ants? and if they were what were they protecting them from? ]]> 2020-09-01 18:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712764324 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712855984 I watched the ants outside near the pool, they seemed to have antennas and move them when they go close to each other as if they’re communicating. I wonder if they’re saying something or sending something. I am intrigued by the many ants I saw, they seem to all go the same direction for the most part. I really admired the way they seemed in sync, random but in sync, I wonder if the sunny weather had anything to do with it. 

Joshua Fisher]]> 2020-09-01 18:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712855984 eleehosler2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712865800 I noticed that this ant had a very large abdomen that it was carrying behind it the entire time. It is as large as other parts of its body and it drags behind the ant. Although they have this big mass they are very very fast and it took a while to actually capture one to study it. It had mainly black and red-ish,Brown colors. Also, I wonder what kind of job this ant had and why it's abdomen is so big?]]> 2020-09-01 18:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712865800 dvitanov2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712878475 I noticed that there were a  a bunch of ants and there was one that was leading all the other ants. I also noticed that they were going back and forth.
I wonder what kind of species they are?
I wonder why they dig up dirt/sand under the tiles on our balcony and bring it inside our home.
Appearance: Black
Temperature: 28°C
Weather: Windy
Location: Balcony]]> 2020-09-01 18:38:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712878475 sbutler2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712889230 while observing the ants I noticed that they were very active when I got closer to them. The ants appeared to stay close to each other, and seemed territorial and tried to protect their hill. the environment I founded it in was dry with dead plants and cracked dirt the ant hill appeared red while the rest of the dirt around it was brown. I wonder why they stayed so close together. I also wonder how deep their ant hill goes because the hill was very short above ground. ]]> 2020-09-01 18:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712889230 lbautista2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712890019 I noticed that the ants I found weren’t traveling together. Most of them were by themselves roaming over dirt. There didn’t really seem to be a purpose as to what they were doing, but I did notice that some were different sizes. Some were really small, so small that I thought they aren’t ants. I watched the ants in my front yard next to the concrete.]]> 2020-09-01 18:41:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712890019 mduff2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712899017 2020-09-01 18:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712899017 emayer2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712916024 These ants were very small and traveled fast. They weren't carrying anything but they moved quickly. They were hard to spot because they were so small and quick to move. The moved around by dirt and concrete but primarily concrete.]]> 2020-09-01 18:48:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712916024 lmodrusan2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712924848 I looked a little while for ants and I finally found them in the very back of my yard. When I saw the ants, I sat down next to the ants and began taking notes and pictures
observation: The ants that I saw in my backyard were traveling on a plank of wood on my deck. they were traveling in straight lines and they would stop for each other when they crossed. they were black and small, maybe the little black ant.
Weather conditions: overcast, 74 degrees
precipitation:0% 
wind: 2 mph 
environmental conditions: mostly dirt but it was on a wood plank ]]> 2020-09-01 18:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712924848 okries2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712930550 These were some of the smallest ants I had ever seen. Pitch black and they moved at a normal pace. I saw another ant that was reddish brown and larger and also moved very erratically. They were both found right on the succulents/rocks, nothing on the concrete or dirt. I wonder what species the ants were.]]> 2020-09-01 18:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712930550 nchittadara2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712940547 The weather was sunny, nice day. 
The surroundings had little plant life, but lots of fertilized soil and rocks. The ants I found were in three separate areas. One group was a usual line leading towards food. The other a group, they seemed like they found something, they just didn't know where to look. Along with that, other ants were exploring all around, but they were always with another ant.]]> 2020-09-01 18:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712940547 araymond20221 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712954370 2020-09-01 18:59:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712954370 amayer2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712978533 I found a small group of ants near a lemon tree. They seemed to be scouting in a way, because they were going out and kind of roaming around. There were 2 main “trails” of ants going to nearby plants. They tended to crowd around leaves and seeds that had fallen off of trees.]]> 2020-09-01 19:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/712978533 mweber2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713000775 I was expecting to find tons of ants like usual, but today I only found this one with a couple others. This ant was red, medium sized, and very fast. It moved very erratically. I also saw a large black ant, but I decided to focus on the smaller red one. I wonder why the anthills we had before in my yard aren't there anymore. I usually see a lot of ants but today there were only a few. ]]> 2020-09-01 19:13:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713000775 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713004165 Weather: Little to no clouds, very small breeze, wind going northwest.
Noticings: Moving in two lines or randomly when by themselves.
Environment: Lots of leaves, bits of rocks and concrete, very dead plants, very dry dirt.

Ant: Brown and small.

-Diego CZ]]> 2020-09-01 19:14:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713004165 jcramer2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713061225 Weather: Clear, Sunny, little to No Wind and a couple of clouds but not enough to change anything
Noticing: 3 or 4 ants in no order just roaming about in no discernable pattern
Environment: Trimmed Grass encircled by Rocks and a Cinder block wall ]]> 2020-09-01 19:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713061225 jparsons2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713069562 The only ants I found were surrounding the tree right outside my house. I noticed that any time the ants passed by each other, they would stop for a second, then continue on their way. All the ants were independent but some were more curious than others. Bursts of wind blew around the ants. One thing I wondered was why some ants were a lighter shade or longer than other ants.]]> 2020-09-01 19:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713069562 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713107360 I went to Lindbergh park and I found a bunch of ants on the exposed root of one of the trees. They were kind of long and black in color. They were running around on the root but avoided the sunlight. They stayed only on the south side of the root as the strong breeze was coming from the north. I looked all around the tree to see if I could find where the colony lived and I couldn’t locate anything, so I wondered if they live in the tree itself. That would make sense because I could not see any ants on any of the other trees at the park. ]]> 2020-09-01 19:50:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713107360 gkiefner2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713113148 After walking around my entire complex, I could only find a small colony of ants under a small boulder. They were extremely tiny, I could barely see them. Something odd that I noticed was that they didn't seem to be following each other in any particular path, the few that were there just scattered around in the dirt and on the rock. They were also very faster than any other ant I'm used to and also a lighter brown. ]]> 2020-09-01 19:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713113148 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713121415 I went to a park near my house and only found a handful of ants on a tree. I noticed that they were just going up and down the tree so I wondered what they were doing.

Michael Fraser]]> 2020-09-01 19:55:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713121415 sherrera2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713128076 I went just outside too a tree nearby, the tree that looked like it would have a lot of ants on it. It did have a lot of ants, they where climbing up and down the tree to what looked like sap holes, then they would stop and like talk to each other by touching entinas. Then go down to their ant hole. ]]> 2020-09-01 19:57:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713128076 gvitug2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713284039 I went to a trail near my house and found a bunch of ants under a tree. The ants we're all coming out of a hole in the ground and going up and down the tree in a single file line. Once they made it back to the bottom of the tree, the ants returned to the hole in the ground. There was probably an ant colony under the tree and food on top of the tree. ]]> 2020-09-01 21:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713284039 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713305553 I found a few small ants on a leafy plant in my backyard. They were dark brown/ black. The weather was pretty sunny and there was a slight breeze. I only saw about 5-6 ants scattered around, and they kept bumping into eachother. I wondered what species they were and where they were going/ what their purpose was.
- Ruby Kingston]]> 2020-09-01 21:21:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713305553 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713340970 While I was in Mexico I got bored one day and I decided to follow a trail of ants I saw some interesting behaviors it seems that they use all of their trails as 2 lane roads except there are no lines they just walk over each other quite literally and seem to be almost undisturbed by the others except for when they smell each other to pick up on pheromone cues. There was a interesting point in the trail where multiple trails intercepted and the ants behaved quite strange in the center were all of those trails merged into one big one they all kind of meandered around until they locked in on the main trail and started walking or found a branch and walked down that Some of them were also carrying larvae and eggs. ]]> 2020-09-01 21:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713340970 aroman2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713342655 I went to the park across from my house looking closely on the floor for ants. I found a group of them going back and forth on a crack in the  concrete between the grass and sandy area.
Most of them were black or a  very dark brown. All of the ants were in the hot sun.  I noticed that they avoid any shade around them. One of them climbed on my pencil and successfully blended in with the graphite. there was one ant that I tried to create an obstacle for and was very smart and went either around or over. I wondered why they avoid the shade so much.]]> 2020-09-01 21:46:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713342655 nhelms2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713382195 I went in my backyard, to my dad's little vegetable garden and found a small group of ants, maybe 20-30. They were running around, and I'm not entirely sure what they were looking for, probably food. They were all small and black. They seemingly aimlessly wandered around the garden for the entire time i was watching them. I also found out later some of them were in our house, trying to steal our food. An unfortunate, yet ironic circumstance.]]> 2020-09-01 22:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713382195 nwaltonv2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713389953 I couldn't find any. I guess it's too hot for them here.]]> 2020-09-01 22:22:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713389953 drobinson2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713415235 When I found the ants they were some on the dirt and some on the sidewalk in my front yard. these ants were almost a dark red color. The ants that were on the dirt were working together moving things in and out of their hole in the dirt. The ants on the sidewalk were all doing their own thing. Both groups of ants were in the hot sun. I wonder if they care if they are in the shade or not.]]> 2020-09-01 22:45:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713415235 nrollinson2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713446451 I went outside and looked around the ground and couldn't find any ants. Then I found a tree that looked like it would have ants and i found a trail of them marching up the tree. They were gathering most around a knot in the tree which and touching antennae which could mean communication. I couldn't tell how many ants there were because i am pretty sure there was a colony inside the tree where ants would leave and enter from the knot.]]> 2020-09-01 23:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713446451 bsmith20224 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713473410 I decided to go out to our garden box in the backyard in hopes that the ants would be attracted to the shade and plants there. There were a lot of ants on the side farthest away from the house, by a small hole I found right next to the box. I saw ants go in and out of the hole, so I wonder if this was a colony. The ants themselves were a dark red-brown, with darker abdomens. They seemed undaunted by small flies and other ants they came across, and few decided to crawl on me and my notebook. ]]> 2020-09-01 23:32:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713473410 yzavala2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713647795 2020-09-02 01:21:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713647795 jrysedorph2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713811081 When I finally found an ant it was all alone wandering on the counter top. I assumed that it was scouting for food to feed its colony. When I went closer to the ant its pace quickened which led me to believe that it was frightened of me. I wondered why the ant was completely alone, and, if it was scouting, why don't they do it with multiple ants.]]> 2020-09-02 02:57:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713811081 jamiller2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713849545 I found a single ant on a concrete ledge at my local park. I’m guessing it was scouting for something or looking for food, or both. They crawled around on the flat ledge for almost the entire time I watched, but they eventually crawled away into the nearby grass ]]> 2020-09-02 03:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713849545 marzate2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713981214 Despite searching in numerous places, I could not find any ants :(
My resolution is to look in a different place besides my house and backyard.
(Weather was sunny with no wind and few clouds.)
 ]]> 2020-09-02 04:53:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/713981214 dhays2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/714012090 I was looking desperately during the day which was hot so i gave up knowing ants dislike the heat and set up food so i could lure them out and at night i found some nibbling on the food i left out.]]> 2020-09-02 05:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/714012090 icarey2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/714226022 I saw a line of small red ants along the side of my house. They were staying in the shade and moving quickly in a single file line. There were a few ants posted up like security guards protecting the line. They were coming from the shrubs in my backyard, and went all the way to the hedge next to our driveway. I think they live in the hedge. It was sunny out, and I would assume they would not be out if it were raining.]]> 2020-09-02 07:27:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/714226022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/714352422 i spent a ridiculous amount of time looking for ants. i went in my backyard and eventually around my neighborhood in a desperate search. unfortunately in the end all i found was one “ant” which easily may have been a small beetle. ]]> 2020-09-02 09:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/714352422 jgalvan2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/715149771 I spent a few minutes outside in my back yard, I didn't expect to find anything, but lo and behold I found one solitary scout on a mission for food. I also found a small rolly polly (a pill bug)and he was very cute.]]> 2020-09-02 15:20:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/715149771 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/715843060 2020-09-02 18:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/715843060 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/716188483 I went outside and to my surprise I couldn't find any right outside my house e with but then I walked for a bit to a place with dirt and leafs and found several different ants and  well all where walking in a line. I also they all were mostly in sunny spot of the outside instead of the shade or in the leafs.]]> 2020-09-02 20:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/716188483 jforde2022 https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/716719851 when I went outside there was only one at then after 2 min of being there I saw another one come out of the crack. These ants where small and the looked very confused.]]> 2020-09-03 01:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mwhite96/2air7w7dvu1wknhy/wish/716719851