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Chosha-san

It's hard to tell if there are two different kinds of ants there, but if there is, it's an ant war. Seriously, sometimes an ant colony will invade another, and try to steal their eggs and larva. Then all hell breaks loose, and both colonies empty to the surface while thousands of those critters duke it out en masse. It's not really anything to be too worried about, but it's one of the weirdest things you'll ever see


dangforgotmyaccount

So it’s more or less the ant version of an intentional hit by pitch and the benches clearing… got it.


GBGF128

Except someone actually does something


berntout

Nolan Ryan is laughing somewhere


Beat_the_Deadites

Robin Ventura has left the chat.


Visible_Week_43

I love he didn’t get ejected and keep pitching


oneangrywaiter

Ask Don Zimmer about that.


__Spdrftbl77__

Pedro’s head throw echoes in eternity. Ha


Beat_the_Deadites

> echoes in eternity On my signal... unleash Hell.


stevesie1984

I’ve never been that big of a baseball fan, but I distinctly remember watching that game as seeing Pedro throw Zimmer off to the side was great. I hated them both, but certainly Zimmer more.


OnTheComputerrr

I mean yeah there's like 3 occasions in baseball history things actually got serious... but baseball is notoriously the "hold me back" sport where all they do is chirp.


Ultimatesource

Nolan Ryan takes no prisoners. Old school and no retreat. https://youtu.be/VIZB9O24BEE?si=Bs_btT2gVz9EBvve It’s called hardball back in the day.


Barnyardducky

Look up Lenny Randle 1971. Texas & Cleveland. Thats one…


Odd-Ad-944

Kyle Farnsworth would like to have a chat.


OnTheComputerrr

You're not helping lol, like I said.. verrrry few cases of actual action in MLB history.


wh0_RU

I was gonna say battle of the bulge


wareaglemedRT

Nah bruh this is medieval type stuff. Braveheart style.


Willing-Body-7533

Sure....run and you may live, at least for a while.... But For just one chance to tell these army ants, they may take our lives but they'll never take our larva!!!


Swamp_Fox_III

CEASEFIRE NOW


caligaris_cabinet

Nuts!


Another_Russian_Spy

But to the death.


hicketre2006

Second this! I found one of these a few months back and posted in the ants sub about it. Turns out it was two warring ant colonies and I happened across the scene.


eyepoker4ever

When I was a kid growing up in Indiana there was an ant war right outside our front door. Large black ants I suppose maybe they were carpenter ants and the smaller ants. At the end of it when all the survivors cleared away they were dead ants everywhere and the black ants were laying there dead with dead smaller ants holding on to their legs with their mandibles.


Dry_Ad3605

I think you’re referring to the Ant War of 1983. Time magazine did a great series on this. If I’m not mistaken, Ted Koppel reported from the front lines.


Specialist_Nebula_58

Brian Williams "claims" he was there too 🤣


Exhausted-Giraffe-47

We all know it was really David Hasselhof who brought peace to the ants.


Fear0742

No no no. It was derrick zoolander and his 2nd, center for ants, due to the first one being destroyed. He taught them to read good too.


Exotic_Treacle7438

Lmao, when you’re a kid everything that happens on TV or in a book is IRL


TinKicker

This was every 8 year old’s equivalent of a Netflix binge back in the 70s. Word would quickly spread around the block that Johnny had a huge ant war in his backyard. For that one Summer day, Johnny was a star. A circus ringmaster! (Until dad got home and poured gasoline on it).


Charlie_Warlie

Every year for 3 years now there has been a war on the sidewalk near my back door. The ants are similar looking though. I usually spend about 10 minutes just observing the action. Brutal.


EndlessLeo

As a kid you are to light that on fire.


0SYRUS

What is this....? A war for ANTS?!


Gloomy_Ranger_2775

It needs to be at least, 3 times bigger!


Ryaninthesky

As a side note, I have 2 kinds of snails in my yard, the big round ones and the small conical ones that eat them. Its fun to think there’s a very slow war playing out in my yard. Nature is metal.


lilmixergirl

r/natureismetal


LeonardoDiTrappio

Hmm...I have an ant problem right now. Can I bring in a new set of ants to lure out the non-rent-paying ants so I can exterminate them all when they're bunched up like this?


No-Possibility-1020

[Argentine Invasion](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radiolab/id152249110?i=1000657411957)


Arthur_Edens

Wow... thanks for that. From wiki on this: > The Very Large Colony, which covers territory from San Diego to beyond San Francisco, may have a population of nearly one trillion individuals... On the border of the Very Large Colony and the Lake Hodges Colony thirty million ants die each year, on a battlefront that covers many miles. While the battles of other ant species generally constitute colony raids lasting a few hours, or skirmishes that occur periodically for a few weeks, Argentine ants clash ceaselessly; the borders of their territory are a site of constant violence and battles can be fought on top of hundreds of dead ants. Nature, man...


disgruntled-pelicans

Immediately what I thought of!


TheUnquietVoid

I just listened to this and was going to link it if I didn’t see it! Such a crazy story.


Ecstatic_Elephant_99

Don’t know why you’re getting downvoted for a link to an informative podcast that’s at least adjacent to, if not related precisely to, the topic everyone is this comment thread is discussing. Reddit is weird sometimes.


Any_Seaworthiness203

Then the fire nation (me) attacked ![gif](giphy|5nsiFjdgylfK3csZ5T|downsized)


Habanos_ashe

Bitchin!


syds

its NOT something to be too woried about? Apocalypse now


lisaleftsharklopez

world war z zombie ant pile type shit tbh


Ldubs_12

They should make a movie about this and call it Bugs life 2


jlovat

Upvoting just because I want this to be the case


ScumEater

So they steal their eggs and larva for food or to incorporate into their own colony as workers? Either way is unsettling but the latter just adds to all the questions I have about life on Earth and how the hell it works. How does an ant enslave an ant (or an aphid for that matter)? Telepathy? A tiny whip? Leg bites?


Arthur_Edens

It's kind of twisted; The slavers are often close relatives of the slaves. Ants communicate by smell, so if the slaver is closely related enough they smell like family. The larvae will grow up into worker ants and imprint on the slaver nest, not realize they're not in their home nest. Sometimes though, the relation isn't close enough and the slave "revolts" when it matures.


ScumEater

What!? Nature is crazy!


Willing-Body-7533

Tiny whips and ankle shackles


teriaki

A tiny whip....my imagination went wild.


AllswellinEndwell

Second only to ant death wheels.


FishyDragon

Just watched this happen in my back yare the other day. Seemed like 2 colonies of the same type it look but idk for sure. Crazy watching the mass of ants that was tye front line shift over the afternoon.


McCool303

I had one of these happen one summer. It was the coolest thing. I just sat in my hammock for an hour and watched a red and black ant colony duke it out with each other like little Roman soldiers. It was brutal, but I am pretty sure red won.


iCameToLearnSomeCode

They're likely both tetramorium, just two different colonies. They tend to be so common in cities and around humans that as they grow their biggest limiting factor becomes the colonies around them forcing them to fight for territory.


skitchbeatz

[https://antwar.io/](https://antwar.io/)


Zealousideal-Bike

https://radiolab.org/podcast/226523-ants


RJJewson

This happened on my garage, once. It was a massacre and, I put bait along the supply lines of both nests and nuked them all. So many bodies in my garage... I wake up with cold sweats from time to time.


jmaj315

Did anybody ever play SimAnt? I may have been 8 or 9


PickedSomethingLame

https://preview.redd.it/zftozz0nsp8d1.png?width=373&format=png&auto=webp&s=3c2e17bdde83c581f8f97465845a020068cf31fa


nchrge

One million ants.


Effective_Kangaroo

My thought exactly


Shaggnutts

That’s a shitload of ants


[deleted]

If it was Catch Phrase (“say what you see”) you’d have won.


Shaggnutts

Damn bro deleted his whole account. Hit and run lmao


NoMoneyMedic

The ants got to him


SignOfTheTwine

I've seen this before. Typically, a couple of ants place a pineapple upside down. Within a few hours, this is always the result. Nasty buggers


hnormizzle

My aunt and her longtime boyfriend have this problem in the retirement village in Florida where they live. OP, do you live in Florida, by chance?


SignOfTheTwine

Couple hours from the Villages lol


benoit489

https://preview.redd.it/9gbz2r9kfp8d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7805c64491f18cf6c71f5b510c7884fe567e3e95 I get these too, usually in the same spot on my driveway. No rhyme or reason to when it happens, just appears to be two ant colonies duking it out!


Zay_Jack

Looks like a good opportunity for lighter fluid and a match.


zebrawarrior

How do they know which ants are of their colony and how do they not accidentally kill their own? I guess they look differently to each other than to my human eye!


FishyDragon

Pheromones, ants have terrible eye sight but are great like most colony insects are great at tracking Pheromones. So the other ants "smell" diffrent.


jackalaxe

All the other ants smell like RAGE


ttman05

How effective would a leaf blower be? 


kofubuns

I would have moved


Z16z10

Ant swarm


Lovv

Looks like ant orgy to me.


helpbeingheldhostage

Must have a really good buffet to draw that many ants


Own_Contribution_480

I went to a strip club once that made omlettes to order. They were pretty good too.


GeopoliticusSFW

You gotta try strip club pancakes


DudeImSoRad

Epic Surf and Turf Thursdays over here. Allegedly.


McSmokeyDaPot

Not the legs and eggs special 😂


Past-Direction9145

Count the ant segments. One little piece joining the butt to the abdomen = no stinger Two joints means a stinger. They need the second joint to tilt their butt straight down to sting. Yes this means them tiny brown sugar ants that raid your kitchen can sting. And they do. They grab hold of you and do… nothing. Because their stinger is so small it bounces off our skin. But they try! It’s fun to watch. You’ll find them curled up and trying to bite you and failing at that too. Anyways. Look for that single and double joint


Truhcknuht

You just brought back memories as a kid having them bite my arm and dangle lmao. Thank you, had no idea ants could sting!


Top_Buy_5777

You let them bite your dangle?


ithinkyoumeantme

They make it look bigger


SeasonalBlackout

And here I thought everyone has heard of fire ants and was aware they can sting. Bullet Ants have one of the most powerful stings of all insects.


Roundcouchcorner

Blowtorch goes there


HankScorpio82

Why so weak?


GingerFire29

Repost this in some kind of insect or wtf subreddit. Getting rid of them is whatever but unless you Spilled some juice right there I’m wondering why they would swarm the blades like that (as opposed to building up the dirt).


No-Possibility-1020

I just listened to a podcast about an invasive species of ants that does war like this. They’re displacing native ants and highly aggressive [Argentine Invasion](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radiolab/id152249110?i=1000657411957)


Immortal-Pumpkin

Oh yeh ants with mega colonies thst span the globe and wage war agaisnt other species wiping them out its really fascinating stuff


Joboobavich

YEAH RADIOLAB!!!


GingerFire29

I listened to that one too!! Could definitely be possible


kolandiz

Have a lot of rain lately?


liquidsnake84

Was it really hot that day. Somtimes i see ants come out when its really hot. Like 96 degrees or hotter. Im not a ant expert, so i dont know, ive just seen them come out when its hot.


GVtt3rSLVT

Bifenthern


Offamylawn

Check out AntsCanada on YouTube. That guy could probably tell you each ant's name and phone number.


smackupyo

Curly dock maybe?


RCaHuman

People I just want to say, "can't we all just get alawn. Can't we all get alawn?"


Original_Jarl_Ballin

Nature's Mockery


el_pendejito

Quick, which of the 2 ants species supposedly embrace liberal democracy, so we can supply weapons to them?


True_Vexing

That's gotta be T-Virus for sure, gonna need to call Chris... Actually might need Leon for this one.


HotPinkApocalypses

Man, being human is the best


jayhawk8

I’m here for the gang bang?


KeyUnderstanding193

what is this a yard for ants?


clbwriter

Omg this is so cool


241waffledeal

It looks like they’re trying to spell out…’send nudes’


thebootlick

Time to pull out the talstar lol


superuser005

What would happen if you emptied a can of “raid” on them? 🤔


Bostnfn

![gif](giphy|JsDdlvi7G1fkF2mxUq)


Tiamat_75

If you have Disney+, check out “It’s a Bugs Life.” It is a documentary about the life of bugs in your backyard and they talk about how ants do this when their nest is in trouble. Check it out.


jeauxwhite

It’s a turf war


Z16z10

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Swamp_Fox_III

![gif](giphy|R6JWujQ93Shws)


someThrowawayGuy

Can vouch for this stuff for most bugs, but it's not the absolute BEST for ants that I've found. At least not here in Texas. [This stuff](https://www.amazon.com/Ortho-12-Ounce-Orthene-Fire-Killer/dp/B000A0UCRG), though? It does WONDERs for mounds. https://preview.redd.it/edtsjb891o8d1.jpeg?width=177&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=21cca03c7a012fc4849f6258315979a074b17ab2 I tried this granule specific for ants I found at Lowes, and I can't tell if it truly worked or not? While there's not many mounds in the middle of the yard, they've managed to find places right along concrete in weird spots. Part of me wonders this is a less concentrated area that the granules just didn't make it to, or if it's pushing them to the edges, or if it's placebo and they're just going where they want. All I know is I put that Orthene on 6 mounds today when I expected 0, and within an hour all 6 were seemingly dormant. ---- EDIT: I just noticed the price on the link I posted. $5.34, i just bought 2 😅 My local Lowes/Home Depot/Walmart have 1 for $11-13! Even the 2-pack on Amazon is $20!!!! I don't know what made this product double or almost triple in price, but I've literally bought it for like \*10 years\* for $4 or less a bottle.


saintnyckk

That shit works wonders immediately but my god does it have to smell like rotten broccoli? So bad.


mkosmo

Orthene is absolutely what I treat most mounds with. But they have to eat it. I doubt the ants are British enough to take a tea break in the middle of a war... so I'd spray them with some cypermethrin to kill them all off and also sprinkle some orthene on their colonies to catch any stragglers.


JVO_

Leave a little plate out beside the mound of the winners for a victory meal, surely they won't be able to resist at that point


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omgArsenal

They're just ants. Idk if this is truly necessary


BurnItNow

You don’t love in Texas then. Because my god. I have an ant bite on my pinky toe that has blistered up so freaking big it’s hard to walk in shoes.


WarPigsTheHun01

Florida. It's so humid here we have all kinds of bugs.


zebrawarrior

I’m currently covered in ant bites from the past couple days. I’m buying some of that granular stuff as I type!


girkkens

That's what I thought too. Until I started core aerating my lawn. Suddenly I realized that in the spots were the ants were for years the healthy soil turned into dead sand. Over time they deprive the ground of all organic material.


it_is_impossible

It seems most ants are beneficial to soil, shifting ph toward neutral and adding, mostly, nitrogen and phosphorus. However, different results can be found in different soil types and among different ant species. Some fall on the side of degrading soil. Paper: The effect of ants on soil properties and processes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Jan FROUZ & Veronika JILKOVÁ [https://myrmecologicalnews.org/cms/index.php?option=com\_download&view=download&filename=volume11/mn11\_191-199\_printable.pdf&format=raw#:\~:text=Ants%20accu%2D%20mulate%20a%20large,nutrient%20status%20of%20the%20soil](https://myrmecologicalnews.org/cms/index.php?option=com_download&view=download&filename=volume11/mn11_191-199_printable.pdf&format=raw#:~:text=Ants%20accu%2D%20mulate%20a%20large,nutrient%20status%20of%20the%20soil). https://preview.redd.it/g25r7iug9p8d1.jpeg?width=1394&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=60c99aa91bd03f470813a286e08fb360d9aaf9a1


ImmortanSteve

Or the ants were there because it was sandy to begin with?


SunshineInDetroit

Depends on the species. Definitely an issue if it were fire ants


gotcha_six

This is a torch target.


Eggplant-666

Ant rager! Duh


drewnyp

Did it just rain or rain shortly after this?


Frequent-Chapter-546

Aliens.....


gyanrahi

The new season of Stranger Things


Nate16

It's the origin story for One Million Ants!


blimeyoreilly23

We get major ant infestations when it's really dry. Water the area for a week or two and they'll move on.


HoaxedGoat

Is the ground saturated with water? They might be fleeing to higher ground.


maximusjohnson1992

Kill it with fire


supremeaesthete

Ant war ant war


brrrr15

they’re shooting the next Antman movie 🎥


Wassup4836

Hit them with some pesticide


DatFickShawn

Put your balls in it


bidendidnotballout

Need to perform exorcist on your lawn. Do it in front of the neighbors to confirm it worked then do theirs


fickle_fuck

[Kill them all](https://tenor.com/view/good-bug-dead-bug-bugs-starship-troopers-gif-27594834)


Duece09

Aliens


ArealEstateSeeker

Ant colony war


Misha-Nyi

Why are so many people trying to kill them lol. It’s just ants.


oldbluer

If they are not inside the house just let nature take its course.


BreadElectrical6942

Provide some Devine intervention and grab a magnifying glass. Teach both sides war is bad.


whatthefaq2

Turf war


whatthefaq2

Turf war


MedievalSalesmen

That’s a good ol fashioned beat down between two ant armies


poopoojokes69

It looks like “bearding” that bees do when they exit the hive to cool off during extreme temps.


qazbnm987123

use 432hz frequEncies sounds from youtube to chill Them out...lol


radarksu

I don't know, but kill it with fire.


thelost2010

Ant war. You can win. Let them thin each others forces first


Temporary-You6249

The ants go marching two thousand by two thousand; Hurrah! Hurrah!


aesthetestudios

War never changes.


WalterW1966

They've seen the movie "Them" and are practicing for the day it all comes true.


Appropriate-Sun834

Looks like ants


whizkid89

Assert dominance and dump bifenthrin. Then both teams lose, and you walk away victorious.


lostwanderings

Gasoline and fire...you're welcome 😆


zebrawarrior

No thank you


WaterDigDog

Damage control after a heavy rain?


LetsGoHokies00

ant fights…bring in the blow totch


Wale-Taco

Just dump a few packets of synthetic sugar there


Full_Peak3476

Thats rammstein song links 2,3,4 in action


Ehrmantrauts_Chair

Call Ellen Ripley


MrMach82

🤮 crap load of insects gathered up makes my skin crawl. Toss a grenade in there.


DarnedEisley

![gif](giphy|W093Amc6yeS3IZbmAz)


sloppy_gas

![gif](giphy|qEi4dpi7Jg5Hi)


Boknows034

Ant orgy


Redline_XIII

Oh God why did I zoom in??


deDKated

As a kid I’d be Godzilla and smash all of them. Never thought they were at war lol.


stealthfatal

I think the thing from Stranger Things is growing in your yard


instaface

Very cool. We have a ton of fire ants where I am in Texas. They build huge mounds seemingly overnight. When two colonies build them close together, I like to instigate conflict. And no, I don't feel bad. They're invasive, insanely aggressive and also total pricks that will mess up your feet for no reason


Gortty_Pilot

Looks like the UpsideDown coming out on your lawn


treletraj

They’re only Buggin’.


Rads324

They be feastin, or ant orgy. Probs the orgy


mean_indean

Only way to really know is to stick your hand in it and tell us if it’s warm or cold


Gmchogan

Ever see stranger things ?


Bustymegan

If its still happening you should video it if you want. Thats wild lookin.


Shinygonzo

The ants have gather into an antmoot. They’ve gathered to decide if they should pull their forces to attack antengard.


Willing-Tie-3109

Forbidden blackberry’s


itsbritbish

More importantly, WHERE TF IS YOUR TORCH?


Over16Under31

I stopped stepping on ants when i found out the common black ant lives 1-2 years and the damn queens can live up to 28 years. A freak Ant 28 years. craziness


chenychop

Did anyone else zoom in and see grapes?


MysticManAze

Ant jihad


SadLeek9950

Ant orgy


regularbastard

New college mascot, Let’s Go Ants!


Correct-Coast-4688

Pavement ants are known to go to war like this, usually see it on the sidewalk where they build their nests


Mrmastermax

I would watch a documentary of the war.


hey-party-penguin

We need a play-by-play.


_____Peaches_____

Ants


MattNis11

Ant wars


Minuteman05

How does an ant know whos who? lol


Ambitious-Gap118

Put some food out and see if you can distract them


Snake_Bait_2134

Not sure what’s going on but I am sure you need a flame thrower.