Door-head ant is a 4-star species card from the Singularity. Door-head ants plug the nest entrance with their flat, round heads.
Bonus by grade
| Grade | Copies needed | Bonus |
|---|---|---|
| Common | 0 | +12% soldier HP |
| Uncommon | 2 | +21.6% soldier HP |
| Rare | 5 | +36% soldier HP |
| Epic | 10 | +54% soldier HP |
| Legendary | 20 | +84% soldier HP |
Duplicates raise the grade: Uncommon at 2, Rare at 5, Epic at 10, Legendary at 20.
Codex
- Common: Colobopsis truncata nests inside twigs and wood.
- Uncommon: Its soldiers have flat, round heads.
- Rare: A soldier blocks the entrance hole with its head like a door.
- Epic: It lets nestmates in when they tap the right signal.
- Legendary: Its nests are small, often with only about 50 ants.
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Field guide
| Size | Workers about 3.5–4.4 mm; soldiers have cylinder-shaped, flat-fronted heads |
| Colony | Small; on average about 50 workers |
| Queens | Not well known |
| Nest | Only in trees, in cavities in dead wood and twigs |
| Diet | Not well known |
| Defence | Soldiers guard the nest by plugging entrances with their heads |
| Active | Workers forage alone, up in trees |
| Lifespan | Not well known |
| Where it lives | Southern and central Europe, east to Iran and south to north Africa |
Did you know?
- It was long called Camponotus truncatus before moving to the genus Colobopsis.
- It mostly lives in trees in open places, orchards and light woodland.
- It was first described in 1808 from Liguria, Italy.
Sources: antwiki.org, antsite.eu