Unlike modern authors, Homer is not quick to reveal his personal beliefs; rather, they come about subtly, through the dialogue between two characters.
Harvester ant. Harvester ant is a common name for any of the species or genera of ants that collect seeds (called seed predation), or mushrooms as in the case of Euprenolepis procera, which are stored in the nest in communal chambers called granaries.
Ants can range in size from 2 millimeters to one inch. The average size ant is about 6 millimeters. The Western Harvester Ant that comes with most ant farms is around 6 millimeters long, so we will use that length. At 6 millimeters long, in an hour the ant is traveling 30,480 times it's body length.