The new penny ant nest
For visits to schools and kindergartens
Societal grant to go outside Reykjavík
#antnest
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Their nests are made of the fungi they eat and unlike anything else I know that ants might build.
Does any other creature make a house out of edible fungi? What if you could just eat things from the walls of your house? These ants are so advanced. I thought paper making ants were wild!
Ant team in MH high school
Andreas Guðmundsson (left) with Atli Jósefsson teacher at Menntaskólinn í Hamrahlíð
#AntNest in front
#pennyAnts that came from a potted palm Andreas got as a present
Books are zoology 2 Volumes in Icelandic by Örnólfur Thorlacius former rektor of MH
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Here is an example of what they want to build, given enough sand and soil. Hence all the eggs. They aim high! #ants #architecture #antnest #Pogonomyrmex
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