Is there an animal that can smell ant pheromones in real life and uses them to hunt ants? And if so, can this be implemented? It would make placing pheromone markers much more... tactical, for want of a word.
Pheromone affected wildlife
- Thread starter Raptorofwar
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If there are any species that react to ant pheromones THE LAST THING (literally and physically) they would do is to move towards alarm pheromones cause that's where all the hyper aggressive suicidal soldier (and elder worker) ants are, which sometimes get so mad they start biting each other. It's the last place anyone wants to be.
There are some insects that "smell" ants in a way (mostly parasites) and some very stealthy hunters that prey on unsuspecting ants (like some ant spiders). But they would move away as fast as they can when they smell alarm pheromones - which to be honest could actually be an even cooler gameplay mechanic.
Enemies that harass your support lines and when you send troops there they'd run away even before your ants arrive - these bugs would be really annoying.
There are some insects that "smell" ants in a way (mostly parasites) and some very stealthy hunters that prey on unsuspecting ants (like some ant spiders). But they would move away as fast as they can when they smell alarm pheromones - which to be honest could actually be an even cooler gameplay mechanic.
Enemies that harass your support lines and when you send troops there they'd run away even before your ants arrive - these bugs would be really annoying.