Jason E. Andersen

They are many

Bonus Fun Fact: For every human on Earth, there are about 1.6 million ants.

That is a lot of ants.

The ubiquitous field ant (Formica spp.). When you see an ant hill in Iowa, this is likely what is making them. Not to scale. Image from ISU Extension.

For more info on the ants of Iowa, check out Iowa State University’s Horticulture News page: https://hortnews.extension.iastate.edu/ants-iowa-common

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