Outside foraging in cold Scottish Autumn

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Outside foraging in cold Scottish Autumn

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Wed Oct 23, 2019 10:12 am

I have just seen an acromyrmex colony that lives in my glasshouse sending workers outside for leaves. They are cutting and bringing back leaves to the nest. Everything is very very slow, they are walking incredibly slowly. The temperature outside is 11C! Thats by far the coldest I have seen activity like this for a species that is firmly tropical!

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