Question: what are all the ant species we can control as the ereptor queen

[TurtleDuDe48]

currently in game we have 3 ant species to command
but what more is there?
we know that the slug disco team is probably (maybe) implementing leaf-cutter ants, bullet ants, honeypot ants, carpenter ants, fire ants and slavemaker ants but what more is there?

 

[Serafine]

Whatever crosses their mind.

Trap Jaws (Ododntomachus), Bull ants (Myrmecia) and thief ants (Solenopsis molesta/fugax) ants are planed I think and i'm hoping for Camponotus and Messor ants, especially because those two species tend to be most active during the night which would shake things up a bit.

 

[Fhangrin]

Camponotus pennsylvanicus that happen to be larger than your own queen and veritable battle-tanks in the undergrowth.

It's the M-1 Abrams of the ant kingdom.

Solenopsis molesta could be the zerglings.

 

[Buffalo981]

Carebara diversa (Asian Marauder ants) would be really cool to implement into the game. They would have a very large queen, small workers, but able to raise very large major workers (the almost the size of the queen).

 

[Howlsatwind]

Id like to see leaf cutters caring for a fungus ball.
Polyachus Dives ants that can weave new walls maybe
Diacamma Rugosum have these as tandom running high speed intercepters.

 

[Raptorofwar]

Leafcutters are also planned.

Me personally, I'd love the slavemaker ants to be controllable, and to be a valuable asset when fighting other ant colonies.

Also Asian weaver ants would be interesting, but I can't think of a way to make them special.

 

[TurtleDuDe48]

ive done some research and found a few species of ants that have not been mentioned and may or may not be possibly added. (I've gone through the blog, as well as checked some images etc) and i have made a list, of all those possible species


Formica ereptor: Gene stealer ant
Formica fusca: black ant
Formica rufas: wood ant
Solenopsis invicta: fire ant
Atta cephalotes: leaf cutter ant
Dorylus molestus: African driver ant
Odontomachus chelifer: trap-jaw ant
Nylanderia fulva: crazy raspberry ant
Myrmecia gulosa: bull ant
Cataglyphis bombycina: saharan silver ant
Solenopsis molesta: theif ant
Polyergus lucidus: slave maker ant
Paraponera clavata: bullet ant
Myrmecocystus mexicanus: honey pot ant
Camponotus pennsylvanicus: carpenter ant

if you couldn't tell. the Saharan silver ant, the crazy raspberry ant. and african driver ants havent been mentioned. here are some images for proof (from what I can see. the lasius niger was going to be added, but scrapped for the much more favoured Formica fuscas, or maybe it will be added?)

those were the only images i could find, however i did find a video containing the slave maker ant, and the carpenter ant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=361&v=W355uiCjfuA&ab_channel=SlugDisco
go on
6:00 in the video and you will see the slave maker and carpenter ant.

i still have not seen the theif ant. but im sure its coming.
eventually
probablly

 

[Redmoth27]

Camponotus pennsylvanicus is what my beautiful queen is!