Coastal brown ant is a 2-star species card from the Stone Age. The coastal brown ant has big-headed soldiers called majors.
Bonus by grade
| Grade | Copies needed | Bonus |
|---|---|---|
| Common | 0 | +20% first-strike damage |
| Uncommon | 2 | +36% first-strike damage |
| Rare | 5 | +60% first-strike damage |
| Epic | 10 | +90% first-strike damage |
| Legendary | 20 | +140% first-strike damage |
Duplicates raise the grade: Uncommon at 2, Rare at 5, Epic at 10, Legendary at 20.
Codex
- Common: Its scientific name is Pheidole megacephala, which means 'big head'.
- Uncommon: Majors have huge heads full of muscle for crushing seeds and fighting.
- Rare: It probably came from Africa and has spread worldwide with people.
- Epic: It's one of the world's worst invasive ants, pushing out native species.
- Legendary: In Australia it's a pest in gardens and bushland.
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Field guide
| Size | Majors about 4 mm; minor workers about half that |
| Colony | Can be huge; nearby nests join into supercolonies |
| Queens | Many queens; colonies bud off new nests |
| Nest | Soil, often under stones, logs or paving; sometimes inside wall cavities |
| Diet | Dead insects, small invertebrates and honeydew from aphids and scale insects |
| Defence | No sting; rarely bites, and mostly when the nest is disturbed |
| Active | Foragers follow trails, even up trees; no clear daily or seasonal pattern known |
| Lifespan | Not well known |
| Where it lives | Tropics and subtropics worldwide; likely native to Africa |
Did you know?
- Each queen can lay up to about 290 eggs a month.
- On some islands the supercolonies shut out almost every other ant species.
- Workers build tents of debris, and in Nigeria these were linked to cocoa disease.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org, antwiki.org, aepma.com.au
Codex sets
- First ants: Founding Queen, Funnel ant, Black garden ant, Meat ant, Coastal brown ant, Honeypot ant, Green-head ant, Jack jumper ant, Yellow meadow ant, Little black ant, Thief ant
Queen affinity
- Black garden ant: ×1 chance
- Meat ant: ×0.6 chance
- Bull ant: ×0.6 chance