How do ants survive floods?

Question

So I know there are some ants who build a floating raft, but of the ground dwelling species how do they not get inundated?

In: Biology

Answer 1

I’ve seen that certain species crawl will all over one another until they’ve created a floating mass using their bodies. Sure a good bunch on the submerged part will die, but the majority survives.

The other thing is that ants generally have to deal with rain or heavy storms, so I think the tactics they use in those situations carry over to flood conditions.

I am pretty curious of how they deal with rain to begin with.