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12 Little Black Ant Monomorium minimum Despite their tiny size, little black ants beat and bully larger ants competing for food. Photo by Alex Wild
Meet the Little Black Ant When I was little, we had a nest of what I later learned were little black ants under a cherry tree in our yard. In the thick of summer, tired of digging foxholes all over the yard, my brother, Will, and I would follow them. We’d grip the trunk with our monkey toes and climb to the outside branches. We’d lean out as far as we could to see what they were up to. So long as we stayed out of their way, they never seemed to mind. They went about their business beneath the leaves and around the branches as we went about ours. Little black ants are among our cutest most-common ants. As their common and scientific names suggest, little black ants are much smaller than many of the other ants you see hanging around your house and yard. Their glossy sheen adds a touch of determination to their comings and goings. It’s as if they take themselves too seriously, little polished wingtips toddling to and from their important ant business. Urban Life Where it lives: Little black ants can make their nests outdoors, in forests, or right in your backyard, often under rocks and tree bark. What it eats: Sugary liquid called honeydew, made by small insects called aphids and scales. Also, dead insects, spiders, and your trash. NYC notes: Although these ants are generally abundant where people live, they don’t seem to survive everywhere in New York. They need, for reasons we don’t know, parks. 74
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Introduction by Rob Dunn Nearly a d
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& Order knows, when you push aside
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up what scurried away. Sure enough,
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students had found. As James stared
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many individuals of Nylanderia flav
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A word cloud of ant species collect
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Credits About This Interactive Book
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Page 44 and 45: Meet the Crazy Ant Crazy relatives.
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