The largest war in animal history — in fact, by numbers the largest war in history — is going on right now. The supercolony grew to cover most of the United States. Then it spread to England, Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. L. humile is now abundant on every continent except Antarctica, and wherever she goes, she slaughters native ant species Things have not been perfect. Near San Diego, a schism formed, and a separate supercolony was created. The battlefront extends for km; some 30M ants die there every year. But for now, a global megacolony still persists, consisting of around 1T individuals: a humble brown ant united in war against every other ant alive.

GoT got nothing on these guys. Super vicious.

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