I did it before it was cool. B)

@Parallel Black  
Then again a pony stampeed could probably do the same given how frail their buildings are.  
In times like these and changeling invasions they should just get their bug spray out.  
 
Ants being strong is actually a common misconception comming from the comparision of their bodymass to the weight they can lift. If they were the size of humans they would actually be weaker than a human due to the laws of physics. A tiny being can lift more weight relative to its size but less weight in absolute terms. I assume these ants are still strong but not actually stronger than a trained earth pony since they do some impressive stuff in the show. Their strenght would probably come in numbers.

@Heterodyne  
Well… Then I suppose there’s ANOTHER reward Big Mac can give…

Also her abdomen totally looked like Mac’s apple tree for a second.

@FlonnesIkramant  
I think it’s probably be more to do with the fact that a nest of these little things could level your entire city if you pissed them off. Zerg rush and all that.

I assume the massive mistake part doesn’t actually come from the fact that the ants are super strong since they are big ones but from their queen having strong magical powers and a love for monologing to herself.

@Background Pony #634A  
It’s also due to the fact that as size increases the amount of effort needed to simply move the body around increases faster than the amount of strength gained.  
In other words you are proportionally stronger than a whale or an elephant.

@Background Pony #634A  
“Let me tell ya a lil’ somethin’ about that whole ‘an ant can lift 50 times its own weight’ thing. You know how much an ant actually weighs? Like nuth’n. What’s 50 times nuthin’? ITS NOTHING!!”

Hmmm… I’m surprised she isn’t bringing Big Mac home to meet momma Queen, considering what a fine male specimen Macintosh is…
 
And yes, she. If Badum did his research, he knows that all the worker ants are female :D

i wouldn’t mind seeing the antpone figuring out big mac’s ruse and deciding to take him to the colony to serve a much better purpose (if you know what i mean)

@PegaSUS  
Little known fact, that is actually due more to the ant’s small size. Their mass is so light that fifty times that, or something close, is barely a real strain for their anatomy.

Needs fangs or some other kind of terrifying mouthpart to represent cutting ant mandibles.

That’s freaking adorable.

Whoa; if ants lift up to fifty times their own weight, then this little guy (and the rest of their kin) is probably the last one you’d want to mess with. At least it seems pretty easy to avoid their bad side!

Lazy bum. Lol

Just hoping he won’t end like Ant Friend from “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids”

We better see him snuggling a jar of jam, Badumsquish… The whoooooole jar.

@Bionomaly
 
Probably something akin to the changeling hive, only more grounded and lacking the shifting entries.
 
Unless they manage to be semi-modern in structure. That’d be cool.

Wonder what their colonies look like.

@Blissey1
 
…Somehow, I think of that ant episode of Dexter’s Lab when you mention the queen XD

a whole jar? that’s way more than his daily quota! I’m sure his queen will reward him generously!

Cute ant pony c:
 
I imagine them sounding like that rabbit in Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared 3

Pretty cute idea!

Heh, he’s cute. I’d call him Ferdy or Charley, from ant cartoon characters.
 
And, you know, knowing the Apples this can end on a full crate of jam.