Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 9) — Social media personality Mikey Bustos said he discovered an ant species not previously known to exist in the country — and he found them right in his own backyard.
In a Facebook post on Saturday, Bustos said that he found a “red and black ant with peach fuzz and spines on its back” two years ago. He sent specimens to his friend from the University of the Philippines Los Baños and discovered that the species had not yet been known to exist in the Philippines.
“After sending specimens to my myrmecologist friend Dr. Dave General, ant taxonomist from University of the Philippines Los Baños, we were both surprised to discover that the species was Meranoplus bicolor, an ant that had not yet been known to exist in the Philippines, where I live,” he said.
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