Antkey

ID guide | introduced ants

Vollenhovia emeryi

Vollenhovia emeryi is a small dark colored species that moves slowly and deliberately. The colony in the videos was found nesting in a dead branch on the shaded ground near a river. Notice its somewhat snake-like movement as its body articulates around bends in the nest gallery tunnels.




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Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith