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do Ants build huge circuliar sand piles around the holes leading to their nests in the ground?



Today, during my morning walk, I observed many of these sand pile Ant condominiums. Just seemed kind of strange.

cars;770963 wrote: do Ants build huge circuliar sand piles around the holes leading to their nests in the ground?



Today, during my morning walk, I observed many of these sand pile Ant condominiums. Just seemed kind of strange.


This is more than just the detritus thrown out when digging the hole?

I though it was termites who build the structures above ground?

Finally rememberd to bring my camera on my morning walk, & took a pix of the ANT HILLS. They really look much better in person. Oh Well.

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they're excavating. the dirts gotta go somewhere, right?

Here is a website about ants for you cars, it wouldn't let me copy and paste, but if you read the first paragraph, at the end of it, you will find what you were asking and your thoughts were correct!:)



http://www.pestcontrol-products.com/ant_facts.htm

WonderWendy3;773477 wrote: Here is a website about ants for you cars, it wouldn't let me copy and paste, but if you read the first paragraph, at the end of it, you will find what you were asking and your thoughts were correct!:)





http://www.pestcontrol-products.com/ant_facts.htm
Thanks for the link WW, I saved it on my favoriates, I am now well informed.

I thought that if the ants think it's going to rain, they build little mounds to sandbag the entrance to their little nests.