My Spirit Ant: The Winnow Ant by Lauren Luca https://padlet.com/lucal224781/spiritant Lauren Luca 8th Period en-us 2018-08-10 18:22:47 UTC 2025-12-16 22:24:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Thunder.png lucal224781 https://padlet.com/lucal224781/spiritant/wish/272763386 2018-08-12 17:38:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lucal224781/spiritant/wish/272763386 Aphaenogaster Rudis lucal224781 https://padlet.com/lucal224781/spiritant/wish/272915700 Aphaenogaster Rudis is the scientific name for the Winnow Ant. ]]> 2018-08-13 18:18:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lucal224781/spiritant/wish/272915700 Size lucal224781 https://padlet.com/lucal224781/spiritant/wish/272917140 0.15 in, they are generally some of the smallest ants that can be found.]]> 2018-08-13 18:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lucal224781/spiritant/wish/272917140 Winnow Ant distribution in the US from School of Ants. lucal224781 https://padlet.com/lucal224781/spiritant/wish/272920441 2018-08-13 18:41:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lucal224781/spiritant/wish/272920441 Why I Chose the Winnow Ant lucal224781 https://padlet.com/lucal224781/spiritant/wish/273172899 l chose the Winnow ant because they have Giant Families, they are Optimistic, they are Forest Lovers,
and they have pretty good Table Manners.
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]]> 2018-08-15 02:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lucal224781/spiritant/wish/273173950 Quote lucal224781 https://padlet.com/lucal224781/spiritant/wish/273174480  "Beyond their refined appearance and wide-ranging nesting habits, winnow ants have two qualities that set them apart from the rest of the ants: the helping hand they give forest plants and their ability to use tools." -From The Book of Common Ant's]]> 2018-08-15 02:23:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lucal224781/spiritant/wish/273174480 Large Families lucal224781 https://padlet.com/lucal224781/spiritant/wish/273175360 My family is really big just like the winnow ants. I have 10 cousins on my Mom's side and 6 on my Dad's side.
(this is a picture at 6:30 on Christmas morning. That's why we all look like zombies.)]]> 2018-08-15 02:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lucal224781/spiritant/wish/273175360 Optimism lucal224781 https://padlet.com/lucal224781/spiritant/wish/273176208 I take a LOT of pictures and this was just one of the really happy ones I had that I thought represented being full of hope)]]> 2018-08-15 02:39:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lucal224781/spiritant/wish/273176208 How they got their name lucal224781 https://padlet.com/lucal224781/spiritant/wish/273176730 "Unlike most of us, who prefer the chocolaty center of M&Ms, winnow ants eat only the elaisome and leave the seed inside alone. When wheat farmers shuck wheat seeds from their husks, it’s called winnowing. Likewise, winnow ants remove husks from forest seeds." -From The Book of Common Ant's They get their name because the winnow seeds like farmers winnow corn.]]> 2018-08-15 02:44:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lucal224781/spiritant/wish/273176730 lucal224781 https://padlet.com/lucal224781/spiritant/wish/273311506
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