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World Ant Day: A Global Celebration

We wish all of our readers a simply thrilling 1st World Ant Day!

Myrmecologist Dr. Mike Kaspari, in a flash of inspiration, realized that World Ant Day did not yet exist. Thus, on April 21st, he announced a date for a new holiday:

https://twitter.com/MikeKaspari/status/987845284418981888

On July 23rd, Dr. Kaspari proposed a special way to celebrate World Ant Day, for those on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/MikeKaspari/status/1021483018266071040

https://twitter.com/MikeKaspari/status/1021483025379549184

https://twitter.com/MikeKaspari/status/1021483028474945538

https://twitter.com/MikeKaspari/status/1021483030526013443

Naturally, on this special day, Ant Twitter came out in full force. We present for you now a chronological sampling of the celebration! Enjoy our Top 25 World Ant Day Tweets.

The Daily Ant World Ant Day Preferred Tweets

https://twitter.com/nzhymenoptera/status/1026005637870678016

https://twitter.com/rkellerp/status/1026067683819835392

https://twitter.com/Scott_Powell_/status/1026071808909496320

https://twitter.com/Ant0mologie/status/1026075137928560640

https://twitter.com/RafaelaRolak/status/1026089035494838272

https://twitter.com/MikeKaspari/status/1026106546734940160

https://twitter.com/Souly_Mouly/status/1026122306836410370

https://twitter.com/adriaexists/status/1026128314392555521

https://twitter.com/WIRCInsects/status/1026139251321262085

https://twitter.com/RuziMyrmex/status/1026156883474886656

https://twitter.com/Jimmylovel25/status/1026161970892955648

https://twitter.com/Jane_M_Lucas/status/1026238162706808832

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