Heres a thought for you David, you said it was alone, which is where the problem is. You have no idea it was alone. In most cases, others are very nearby, In many cases, you can follow them to others. The others could be with a few feet, slightly under cover, up in bushes or trees, etc. The point is, they are not alone, you only saw one of many.

If you think about it, their usable habitat is like a rubics cube, with the surface of the earth going thru the middle. Others are often one cube down, two cubes over. Two up, one over, etc. Yet they are very near each other and in constant contact with eachothers scent trails. The point is, like with Melissa's work, they live in colonies, in family groups within colonies and pairs within those groups. Theres those that are IN the group and others of the same species that are OUT of the group. Like with all other social animals.

In most cases, when I look at a species, I find them singlely, then as I learn what they do, I find them in pairs, then in big groups. On average, these groups are tightly together for half the year, and loosely together for the other half. But always in contact with members of the group by scent.

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