Tawny crazy ant is a 3-star species card from the Bronze Age. Tawny crazy ants coat themselves in their own acid to survive fire ant venom.
Bonus by grade
| Grade | Copies needed | Bonus |
|---|---|---|
| Common | 0 | +10% critical hit chance |
| Uncommon | 2 | +18% critical hit chance |
| Rare | 5 | +30% critical hit chance |
| Epic | 10 | +45% critical hit chance |
| Legendary | 20 | +70% critical hit chance |
Duplicates raise the grade: Uncommon at 2, Rare at 5, Epic at 10, Legendary at 20.
Codex
- Common: The tawny crazy ant (Nylanderia fulva) runs in fast, jerky zigzags.
- Uncommon: It comes from South America and has spread to the southern USA.
- Rare: When stung by fire ants it wipes itself with formic acid.
- Epic: That acid stops the venom working, so it can beat fire ants.
- Legendary: Its huge numbers can get into electrical equipment.
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Field guide
| Size | Workers about 2.0–2.3 mm; queens about 4 mm or more |
| Colony | Can be very large; one rough estimate is about 16,000 ants |
| Queens | Many queens per colony |
| Nest | Leaf litter, soil, rotten logs, under pots and along electrical conduits |
| Diet | Almost anything: insects, nectar, ripe fruit and honeydew |
| Defence | Bites and sprays formic acid; cannot sting. The acid causes only brief, minor pain. |
| Active | Foraging trails widen as temperatures rise |
| Lifespan | Not well known |
| Where it lives | Native to South America; now in Florida, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia |
Did you know?
- Linked nests can stretch hundreds of metres, forming one huge colony.
- Populations boom, then suddenly crash.
- In a Colombian reserve, its arrival cut native ant numbers by 74%.
Sources: ask.ifas.ufl.edu, en.wikipedia.org