no, some of them are recognizable, have a specific discoloration, or a leg or an antenna missing or something like that's unique about them. My colony was small

no, some of them are recognizable, have a specific discoloration, or a leg or an antenna missing or something like that's unique about them. My colony was small, a few hundreds ants, and I knew how to tell apart maybe about a dozen of them, enough to notice that not all of them behave identically.