Turtle ant is a 3-star species card from the Information Age. Turtle ants can glide, steering their fall when they drop from trees.
Bonus by grade
| Grade | Copies needed | Bonus |
|---|---|---|
| Common | 0 | +10% exploration speed |
| Uncommon | 2 | +18% exploration speed |
| Rare | 5 | +30% exploration speed |
| Epic | 10 | +45% exploration speed |
| Legendary | 20 | +70% exploration speed |
Duplicates raise the grade: Uncommon at 2, Rare at 5, Epic at 10, Legendary at 20.
Codex
- Common: Cephalotes atratus lives in Central and South American rainforests.
- Uncommon: When it falls, it glides backwards towards the tree trunk instead of the ground.
- Rare: Some turtle ant soldiers have flat, plate-like heads that plug nest holes like a door.
- Epic: They live high in the canopy.
- Legendary: The study of gliding ants began in 2005 with this species.
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Field guide
| Size | Workers about 8–14 mm; queens about 20 mm |
| Colony | Over 10,000 workers in large colonies |
| Queens | Not well known |
| Nest | Hollows in large living or dead trees, with a small entrance and tunnels inside |
| Diet | Treehopper honeydew, bird droppings, dead animals and scraps |
| Defence | Armoured spiny bodies; plug-headed soldiers block the nest door |
| Active | Workers forage by day, over trees and down to the ground |
| Lifespan | Not well known |
| Where it lives | Lowland tropical forest from Panama to northern Argentina, and also in parks and towns |
Did you know?
- Against army ants, workers make a wall of hard heads across the nest entrance.
- Treehopper secretions are a major part of their diet.
- A spider, Aphantochilus rogersi, mimics turtle ants and preys on them.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org, antwiki.org, ants.biology.utah.edu
Codex sets
- Modern ants: Bulldog ant, Amazon ant, Turtle ant, Saharan silver ant, Dracula ant, Red wood ant, Marauder ant, American honeypot ant, Matabele ant, Asian needle ant, Red honey ant, Giant forest ant, Clonal raider ant
Queen affinity
- Black garden ant: ×1.1 chance
- Meat ant: ×1 chance
- Bull ant: ×1 chance