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Electric Ant
Wasmannia Auropunctata
- Color: Yellow-orange
- Worker size: 1-2 millimetres
- Colony size: >hundreds
- Queen: 4 millimetres, budding, polygyne, polydomous
Introduction
The electric ant is a polygynous ant, meaning It has multiple queens in a colony, up to 100+. It is yellow-orange in color and is extremely small, around the size of the lead part of a pencil. Even the soldiers are small! It is because of this they are called little fire ants. Each colony usually has around a few thousand ants. They like humid places, and nest in humid areas such as under forest matter, under tree canopies, or even inside of a hollow tree.
Unique Traits
Little Warriors
The electric ant is an extremely small ant, at around 1.5 mm. However, They may be tiny, but they are incredibly strong. Their stings can be extremely painful, especially for their size. They are known for that and are also known for their small size, with the queen being 4 mm. However, a single ant can house a painful sting and multiple ants will hurt more. They have a high colony population density.
Defences
The electric ant has a painful sting that can deter large predators because of it’s pain. The sting leaves a burning, hot, and maybe electrifying pain and can last for a long time. This pain can even deter humans from messing with them. This also means that it can be deadly to invertebrates like other insects.
Habitat & Diet
The electric ant can live in most places disturbed by humans such as in farms, cities, or parks. They eat things most ants eat. Honeydew, dead insects, all that good stuff. They love oily, fatty, and sweet foods, as it provides them with large amounts of energy.