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🚨 ARTHROPOD OF THE DAY 🚨
The stealthy invasion of your home in spring by the common black UK ant species usually begins with the appearance of a scout ant. You see, it would be far too risky to send everyone out at once. Instead of doing that, the colony elects to send out this pioneering ant, whose job it is to have a look around the local area and see what’s going on outside the nest. It’s also their job to find a food source.
A scout ant is exactly what it sounds like. It looks for food and water. Solitary ants may identify scout ants in your house.
They are also responsible for finding new nest sites and recruiting more worker ants to the colony.
That said, in case you witness a swarm of ants heading to the property, the scout ant has already given the word.
Once these critters find a good source of food, they will leave a trail of pheromones for other ants to follow. When enough ants have gathered at the food source, the colony will move in and set up camp.
This is also why you may occasionally see ants marching in a line; they are following the pheromone trail left by the scout ant.
The stealthy invasion of your home in spring by the common black UK ant species usually begins with the appearance of a scout ant. You see, it would be far too risky to send everyone out at once. Instead of doing that, the colony elects to send out this pioneering ant, whose job it is to have a look around the local area and see what’s going on outside the nest. It’s also their job to find a food source.
A scout ant is exactly what it sounds like. It looks for food and water. Solitary ants may identify scout ants in your house.
They are also responsible for finding new nest sites and recruiting more worker ants to the colony.
That said, in case you witness a swarm of ants heading to the property, the scout ant has already given the word.
Once these critters find a good source of food, they will leave a trail of pheromones for other ants to follow. When enough ants have gathered at the food source, the colony will move in and set up camp.
This is also why you may occasionally see ants marching in a line; they are following the pheromone trail left by the scout ant.