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@futurebird Would you be open to a random ant question? When I was a kid my friends and I tipped over a big rock, and underneath there were a bunch of ants scurrying around. They were a bright translucent green. Any idea what species they might have been? This was in the 1980s in central Ohio.

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@dodecahedron

Green ants in Ohio? Ohio USA, not ... Thailand or Australia?

Green ants are remarkably rare, globally. The most commonly seen green ant is Oecophylla smaragdina, the weaver ant which has many green morphs.

But these would never be found under a rock or in the USA.

Lasius flavus is common under rocks in the US, and light yellow, if they ate something green such as aphids or green candy they might have looked green, or due to lighting?

I really don't know...

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@futurebird I would like to register a complaint. The mere thought of "green ants" was so compelling, I fell down the rabbit hole and read about weaver ants, and now I feel like someone needs to tell the Ant Queen that the poor little larvae are being used like GLUE STICKS to hold the leaves together when building a leaf shelter. I'm sure they did not sign up for that! Mama needs to know!

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