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| Just for kicks we dug up an ant colony. As you can see it was 10-12 inches high (higher than the tines of the pitchfork) and 12 inches in diameter. It was evenly circular and flat on top. I wondered what would be inside if we lifted off the top. |
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| The mound was full of dirt and panicking ants, larva and grubs. |
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| We saw ant eggs and larvae and pupae. Some of the larvae were white and others were tan. There was much more soil in there than I thought. I guess each generation just kept building on top of the last making the nest grow higher and higher. Minnesota has at least 50 species of ants so I don't know what kind these are. Since they don't come in the house I don't mind them. I just dug up their home for curiosity reasons. |
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