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This Time Machine illustrates the behavior of western harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex sp.) in an Uncle Milton's Giant Ant Farm. The colony is composed only of adult workers without a queen. A panorama was taken every 10 minutes with a Canon G10 for 17 days by Janet Steven at Sweet Briar College.
Take a timewarp tour of
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