An Ant Colony which Moved over Two Hundred Feet

Authors

R. M. Sallee, State University of IowaFollow
R. L. King, State University of IowaFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

Colonies of Formica rufa melanotica Emery construct the most conspicuous ant nests in the region of the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory; 85 nests of this species have been found in 40 acres of prairie. These nests are often two feet in diameter: a thatched mound composed of short lengths of grass, twigs and other plant debris; well-developed mounds are often 18 inches high with an outer rampart of earth upon which the plant material forms a thatch. More numerous than these nests of melanotica are the smaller earthen mounds of the prairie ant, Formica cinerea neocinerea Wheeler: 72 nests of the latter species have been found in an area of about 2½ acres.

Publication Date

1947

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

54

Issue

1

First Page

349

Last Page

352

Copyright

©1947 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Sallee, R. M. and King, R. L. (1947) "An Ant Colony which Moved over Two Hundred Feet," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 54(1), 349-352.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol54/iss1/55