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Singapore is the ant capital of the world with 409 species recorded, the highest number globally

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Entomologist Wendy Wang takes ST through unique ants species we can find here in Singapore.

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SINGAPORE - Singapore may be a tiny urbanised island-state, but it has a whopping 409 species of ants recorded - the highest number recorded in any city in the world.
These 409 species include new local records of 121 species and 34 species endemic to Singapore.
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