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Or is it not acceptible to have mixed ants in a colony? I am reading
about them in this month's Montana Outdoors. They seem like cool
ants. One thing they do is "ranch" aphids. Very clever. They know
that the aphids feed on some plants that bulk them up in nectar. So
they herd the aphids into large colonies and therefore become insect
ranchers, protecting the aphids from predators and then they kill them
when they want to harvest the honeydo from them.

Pretty curious ants! Every run across them in your travels? :-)

-pw
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On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:06:50 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> said
this thing:

Or is it not acceptible to have mixed ants in a colony?
Pretty curious ants! Every run across them in your travels? :-)

Given how territorial ants are, and how intolerant they are of other
species of ants entering their territory... odds are there aren't any
in his colony. AFAIK, our Ant is a member of /Formicidae Internetus Occidentalis/, and the entry of any /Formica obscuripes/ (thatcher
ant) would result in an all-out war of extermination. ;-)


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On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:50:35 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:06:50 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> said
this thing:

Or is it not acceptible to have mixed ants in a colony?
Pretty curious ants! Every run across them in your travels? :-)

Given how territorial ants are, and how intolerant they are of other
species of ants entering their territory... odds are there aren't any
in his colony. AFAIK, our Ant is a member of /Formicidae Internetus >Occidentalis/, and the entry of any /Formica obscuripes/ (thatcher
ant) would result in an all-out war of extermination. ;-)

*----

Ohhhhh! That could be dangerous! I have heard of that gang! :-)

I did not know you were such an entomologist! Maybe just for ants?
I bought this ant war game (I think that is what it is) on sale a
couple months ago (Empires of the Underground). Now I sort of feel
like playing it but it is an RTS and it will wear me out real fast :-)

Thanks!

-pw
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On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:05:31 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> said
this thing:

On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:50:35 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson ><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:06:50 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> said
this thing:

Or is it not acceptible to have mixed ants in a colony?
Pretty curious ants! Every run across them in your travels? :-)

Given how territorial ants are, and how intolerant they are of other >>species of ants entering their territory... odds are there aren't any
in his colony. AFAIK, our Ant is a member of /Formicidae Internetus >>Occidentalis/, and the entry of any /Formica obscuripes/ (thatcher
ant) would result in an all-out war of extermination. ;-)

Ohhhhh! That could be dangerous! I have heard of that gang! :-)

I did not know you were such an entomologist! Maybe just for ants?

I have a PhD in ant-ology from YouTube University, no more ;-)

But ants are one of the most common life-forms on earth. They are an
extremely successful and adaptive clade, with lots of interesting
behaviors and tactics. Even if I don't really care for the bugs that
much themselves (sorry, Ant! ;-) , they're an interesting example of
life's adaptability.

Besides, the morphology of ants is a perfect blend of cuteness and
menace. They can be villains or heroes depending on context. Although
I tend to view them as the former most of the time. Partly due to
years battling carpenter ants trying to EAT MY FUCKING HOUSE but
mostly because of the movie, "Them!" ;-)

I bought this ant war game (I think that is what it is) on sale a
couple months ago (Empires of the Underground). Now I sort of feel
like playing it but it is an RTS and it will wear me out real fast :-)

There's always something like "Grounded" (an action/survival game
where you're shrunk down to the size of ants) if you want something a
bit more twitch-based

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On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:20:34 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:05:31 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> said
this thing:

On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:50:35 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson >><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:06:50 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> said
this thing:

Or is it not acceptible to have mixed ants in a colony?
Pretty curious ants! Every run across them in your travels? :-)

Given how territorial ants are, and how intolerant they are of other >>>species of ants entering their territory... odds are there aren't any
in his colony. AFAIK, our Ant is a member of /Formicidae Internetus >>>Occidentalis/, and the entry of any /Formica obscuripes/ (thatcher
ant) would result in an all-out war of extermination. ;-)

Ohhhhh! That could be dangerous! I have heard of that gang! :-)

I did not know you were such an entomologist! Maybe just for ants?

I have a PhD in ant-ology from YouTube University, no more ;-)

But ants are one of the most common life-forms on earth. They are an >extremely successful and adaptive clade, with lots of interesting
behaviors and tactics. Even if I don't really care for the bugs that
much themselves (sorry, Ant! ;-) , they're an interesting example of
life's adaptability.

Besides, the morphology of ants is a perfect blend of cuteness and
menace. They can be villains or heroes depending on context. Although
I tend to view them as the former most of the time. Partly due to
years battling carpenter ants trying to EAT MY FUCKING HOUSE but
mostly because of the movie, "Them!" ;-)

I bought this ant war game (I think that is what it is) on sale a
couple months ago (Empires of the Underground). Now I sort of feel
like playing it but it is an RTS and it will wear me out real fast :-)

There's always something like "Grounded" (an action/survival game
where you're shrunk down to the size of ants) if you want something a
bit more twitch-based

\

*---

That's pricey still! And cartoony. General public like :-)

Hey - where is our head ant by the way?

-pw
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PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote:

On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:20:34 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:05:31 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> said
this thing:

On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:50:35 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson >><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:06:50 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> said >>>this thing:

Or is it not acceptible to have mixed ants in a colony?
Pretty curious ants! Every run across them in your travels? :-)

Given how territorial ants are, and how intolerant they are of other >>>species of ants entering their territory... odds are there aren't any >>>in his colony. AFAIK, our Ant is a member of /Formicidae Internetus >>>Occidentalis/, and the entry of any /Formica obscuripes/ (thatcher
ant) would result in an all-out war of extermination. ;-)

Ohhhhh! That could be dangerous! I have heard of that gang! :-)

I did not know you were such an entomologist! Maybe just for ants?

I have a PhD in ant-ology from YouTube University, no more ;-)

But ants are one of the most common life-forms on earth. They are an >extremely successful and adaptive clade, with lots of interesting
behaviors and tactics. Even if I don't really care for the bugs that
much themselves (sorry, Ant! ;-) , they're an interesting example of
life's adaptability.

Besides, the morphology of ants is a perfect blend of cuteness and
menace. They can be villains or heroes depending on context. Although
I tend to view them as the former most of the time. Partly due to
years battling carpenter ants trying to EAT MY FUCKING HOUSE but
mostly because of the movie, "Them!" ;-)

I bought this ant war game (I think that is what it is) on sale a
couple months ago (Empires of the Underground). Now I sort of feel
like playing it but it is an RTS and it will wear me out real fast :-)

There's always something like "Grounded" (an action/survival game
where you're shrunk down to the size of ants) if you want something a
bit more twitch-based

\

*---

That's pricey still! And cartoony. General public like :-)

Hey - where is our head ant by the way?

Way too busy with real life! :( I'm here though! Uhh, I am just a solo colony. ;(
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On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 06:16:25 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
wrote:

PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote:

On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:20:34 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:05:31 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> said
this thing:

On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:50:35 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:06:50 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> said
this thing:

Or is it not acceptible to have mixed ants in a colony?
Pretty curious ants! Every run across them in your travels? :-)

Given how territorial ants are, and how intolerant they are of other
species of ants entering their territory... odds are there aren't any
in his colony. AFAIK, our Ant is a member of /Formicidae Internetus
Occidentalis/, and the entry of any /Formica obscuripes/ (thatcher
ant) would result in an all-out war of extermination. ;-)

Ohhhhh! That could be dangerous! I have heard of that gang! :-)

I did not know you were such an entomologist! Maybe just for ants?

I have a PhD in ant-ology from YouTube University, no more ;-)

But ants are one of the most common life-forms on earth. They are an
extremely successful and adaptive clade, with lots of interesting
behaviors and tactics. Even if I don't really care for the bugs that
much themselves (sorry, Ant! ;-) , they're an interesting example of
life's adaptability.

Besides, the morphology of ants is a perfect blend of cuteness and
menace. They can be villains or heroes depending on context. Although
I tend to view them as the former most of the time. Partly due to
years battling carpenter ants trying to EAT MY FUCKING HOUSE but
mostly because of the movie, "Them!" ;-)

I bought this ant war game (I think that is what it is) on sale a
couple months ago (Empires of the Underground). Now I sort of feel
like playing it but it is an RTS and it will wear me out real fast :-)

There's always something like "Grounded" (an action/survival game
where you're shrunk down to the size of ants) if you want something a
bit more twitch-based

\

*---

That's pricey still! And cartoony. General public like :-)

Hey - where is our head ant by the way?

Way too busy with real life! :( I'm here though! Uhh, I am just a solo colony. ;(

*--

Thanks for making an appearance Ant!!
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Ant <ant@zimage.comant> wrote:

PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote:

On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:20:34 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:05:31 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> said
this thing:

On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:50:35 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:06:50 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> said
this thing:

Or is it not acceptible to have mixed ants in a colony?
Pretty curious ants! Every run across them in your travels? :-)

Given how territorial ants are, and how intolerant they are of other
species of ants entering their territory... odds are there aren't any
in his colony. AFAIK, our Ant is a member of /Formicidae Internetus
Occidentalis/, and the entry of any /Formica obscuripes/ (thatcher
ant) would result in an all-out war of extermination. ;-)

Ohhhhh! That could be dangerous! I have heard of that gang! :-)

I did not know you were such an entomologist! Maybe just for ants?

I have a PhD in ant-ology from YouTube University, no more ;-)

But ants are one of the most common life-forms on earth. They are an
extremely successful and adaptive clade, with lots of interesting
behaviors and tactics. Even if I don't really care for the bugs that
much themselves (sorry, Ant! ;-) , they're an interesting example of
life's adaptability.

Besides, the morphology of ants is a perfect blend of cuteness and
menace. They can be villains or heroes depending on context. Although
I tend to view them as the former most of the time. Partly due to
years battling carpenter ants trying to EAT MY FUCKING HOUSE but
mostly because of the movie, "Them!" ;-)

I bought this ant war game (I think that is what it is) on sale a
couple months ago (Empires of the Underground). Now I sort of feel
like playing it but it is an RTS and it will wear me out real fast :-)

There's always something like "Grounded" (an action/survival game
where you're shrunk down to the size of ants) if you want something a
bit more twitch-based

\

*---

That's pricey still! And cartoony. General public like :-)

Hey - where is our head ant by the way?

Way too busy with real life! :( I'm here though! Uhh, I am just a solo colony. ;(

welcome back, Ant.
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PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote at 02:32 this Friday (GMT):

On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:20:34 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:05:31 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> said
this thing:

On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:50:35 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson >>><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:06:50 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> said >>>>this thing:

Or is it not acceptible to have mixed ants in a colony?
Pretty curious ants! Every run across them in your travels? :-)

Given how territorial ants are, and how intolerant they are of other >>>>species of ants entering their territory... odds are there aren't any >>>>in his colony. AFAIK, our Ant is a member of /Formicidae Internetus >>>>Occidentalis/, and the entry of any /Formica obscuripes/ (thatcher
ant) would result in an all-out war of extermination. ;-)

Ohhhhh! That could be dangerous! I have heard of that gang! :-)

I did not know you were such an entomologist! Maybe just for ants?

I have a PhD in ant-ology from YouTube University, no more ;-)

But ants are one of the most common life-forms on earth. They are an >>extremely successful and adaptive clade, with lots of interesting
behaviors and tactics. Even if I don't really care for the bugs that
much themselves (sorry, Ant! ;-) , they're an interesting example of
life's adaptability.

Besides, the morphology of ants is a perfect blend of cuteness and
menace. They can be villains or heroes depending on context. Although
I tend to view them as the former most of the time. Partly due to
years battling carpenter ants trying to EAT MY FUCKING HOUSE but
mostly because of the movie, "Them!" ;-)

ants are 100000% cute imo :D

I bought this ant war game (I think that is what it is) on sale a
couple months ago (Empires of the Underground). Now I sort of feel
like playing it but it is an RTS and it will wear me out real fast :-)

There's always something like "Grounded" (an action/survival game
where you're shrunk down to the size of ants) if you want something a
bit more twitch-based

\

bug fables
if you like paper mario-likes

*---

That's pricey still! And cartoony. General public like :-)

Hey - where is our head ant by the way?

-pw

for SOME REASON most of the messages here are missing (thanks mr banana)
so im just gonna reply to some of them here...
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PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote at 02:21 this Saturday (GMT):

On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 06:16:25 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
wrote:

PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote:

On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:20:34 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:05:31 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> said
this thing:

On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:50:35 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:06:50 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> said
this thing:

Or is it not acceptible to have mixed ants in a colony?
Pretty curious ants! Every run across them in your travels? :-)

Given how territorial ants are, and how intolerant they are of other
species of ants entering their territory... odds are there aren't any >>> >>>in his colony. AFAIK, our Ant is a member of /Formicidae Internetus
Occidentalis/, and the entry of any /Formica obscuripes/ (thatcher
ant) would result in an all-out war of extermination. ;-)

Ohhhhh! That could be dangerous! I have heard of that gang! :-)

I did not know you were such an entomologist! Maybe just for ants?

I have a PhD in ant-ology from YouTube University, no more ;-)

But ants are one of the most common life-forms on earth. They are an
extremely successful and adaptive clade, with lots of interesting
behaviors and tactics. Even if I don't really care for the bugs that
much themselves (sorry, Ant! ;-) , they're an interesting example of
life's adaptability.

Besides, the morphology of ants is a perfect blend of cuteness and
menace. They can be villains or heroes depending on context. Although
I tend to view them as the former most of the time. Partly due to
years battling carpenter ants trying to EAT MY FUCKING HOUSE but
mostly because of the movie, "Them!" ;-)

I bought this ant war game (I think that is what it is) on sale a
couple months ago (Empires of the Underground). Now I sort of feel
like playing it but it is an RTS and it will wear me out real fast :-) >>> >

There's always something like "Grounded" (an action/survival game
where you're shrunk down to the size of ants) if you want something a
bit more twitch-based

\

*---

That's pricey still! And cartoony. General public like :-)

Hey - where is our head ant by the way?

Way too busy with real life! :( I'm here though! Uhh, I am just a solo colony. ;(

*--

Thanks for making an appearance Ant!!

there must be a lot of stuff to run for one ant :( how do you keep up
with all of it
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On Thu, 9 Apr 2026 14:50:06 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> said this thing:

for SOME REASON most of the messages here are missing (thanks mr banana)
so im just gonna reply to some of them here...

Yeah, Usenet's been a bit wonky these past few weeks. It seems to be
better now --knock on wood-- but for a while I noticed messages just
not appearing.

As usual, I'm blaming Microsoft. I know they don't actually have
anything to do with it, but they're my go-to guys for when things go
wrong in the computing world ;-P


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candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote at 02:21 this Saturday (GMT):

On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 06:16:25 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
wrote:

PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote:

On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:20:34 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:05:31 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> said
this thing:

On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:50:35 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:06:50 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> said >>> >>>this thing:

Or is it not acceptible to have mixed ants in a colony?
Pretty curious ants! Every run across them in your travels? :-)

Given how territorial ants are, and how intolerant they are of other >>> >>>species of ants entering their territory... odds are there aren't any >>> >>>in his colony. AFAIK, our Ant is a member of /Formicidae Internetus >>> >>>Occidentalis/, and the entry of any /Formica obscuripes/ (thatcher
ant) would result in an all-out war of extermination. ;-)

Ohhhhh! That could be dangerous! I have heard of that gang! :-)

I did not know you were such an entomologist! Maybe just for ants?

I have a PhD in ant-ology from YouTube University, no more ;-)

But ants are one of the most common life-forms on earth. They are an
extremely successful and adaptive clade, with lots of interesting
behaviors and tactics. Even if I don't really care for the bugs that
much themselves (sorry, Ant! ;-) , they're an interesting example of
life's adaptability.

Besides, the morphology of ants is a perfect blend of cuteness and
menace. They can be villains or heroes depending on context. Although >>> >I tend to view them as the former most of the time. Partly due to
years battling carpenter ants trying to EAT MY FUCKING HOUSE but
mostly because of the movie, "Them!" ;-)

I bought this ant war game (I think that is what it is) on sale a
couple months ago (Empires of the Underground). Now I sort of feel
like playing it but it is an RTS and it will wear me out real fast :-) >>> >

There's always something like "Grounded" (an action/survival game
where you're shrunk down to the size of ants) if you want something a >>> >bit more twitch-based

\

*---

That's pricey still! And cartoony. General public like :-)

Hey - where is our head ant by the way?

Way too busy with real life! :( I'm here though! Uhh, I am just a solo colony. ;(

*--

Thanks for making an appearance Ant!!

there must be a lot of stuff to run for one ant :( how do you keep up
with all of it

Like humans? ;P
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