I watched an Ant hauling a load twice it's own size across the patio?
Question:after about 4 metres passing a maze of brickwork, it then sets off across the Amerson forest, (my lawn) how the hell did it know where it was going
Answers:
Pheromones are smells- they are very clever little things are ants and very industrious. I saw several in my garden yesterday dragging a dead slug to their nest- gawd only knows what they were doing with it.
Following a pheromone trail.
Ants send signals to their mates so they know just where they are going. I had an ant farm in my kitchen last year and then suddenly was infested with ants, so i think the signals had them running to help their mates out!
it had a GPS to help it to get home
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