ant mounds
Colony dirt piles
Ant mounds are the dome-shaped piles of soil that certain ant species construct above their underground colonies.
The mounds serve as climate control—absorbing heat, shedding rain, and ventilating the tunnels below.
Fire ant mounds are particularly notorious, as disturbing one triggers a swarm of stinging defenders.
The field was dotted with ant mounds.
- anthillInsect colony's earthen home
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- nestAnimal-built shelter for young
- conicalTapering to a point
- insectsSix-legged arthropods
caste system · termite · soil · keystone species · mandibles · lawn damage · stepping on · worker caste · underground chambers · tunnel system · picnic · symbiotic relationships · entomology · pile · sandy soil · forest ecosystem · tunnels · invasive species
- bioturbationburrowing, tunneling, worm castings
- lawn problemsbrown patch, bare spots, dead grass, dead spots, brown spots
insect architecture type
ant moundstermite mounds
Colonial insect architecture
underground tunnels · wasp nests · beehives · spider webs · cocoons