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A rainforest is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. Rainforests are Earth’s oldest living ecosystems, with some surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years. They are incredibly diverse and complex, home to more than half of the world’s plant and animal species—even though they cover just 6% of Earth’s surface. This makes rainforests astoundingly dense with flora and fauna. Rainforests’ rich biodiversity is incredibly important to our well-being and the well-being of our planet.
Weaver ants moving a dead millipede.
Wikipedia: Weaver ants or green ants (genus Oecophylla) are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae (order Hymenoptera). Weaver ants live in trees (they are obligately arboreal) and are known for their unique nest building behavior where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk. Colonies can be extremely large consisting of more than a hundred nests spanning numerous trees and containing more than half a million workers. Like many other ant species, weaver ants prey on small insects and supplement their diet with carbohydrate-rich honeydew excreted by small insects (Hemiptera). Weaver ant workers exhibit a clear bimodal size distribution, with almost no overlap between the size of the minor and major workers. The major workers are approximately 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) in length and the minors approximately half the length of the majors. Major workers forage, defend, maintain, and expand the colony whereas minor workers tend to stay within the nests where they care for the brood and 'milk' scale insects in or close to the nests.
Weaver ants vary in color from reddish to yellowish brown dependent on the species. Oecophylla smaragdina found in Australia often have bright green gasters. Weaver ants are highly territorial and workers aggressively defend their territories against intruders. Because they prey on insects harmful to their host trees, weaver ants are sometime used by indigenous farmers, particularly in southeast Asia, as natural biocontrol agents against agricultural pests. Although weaver ants lack a functional sting they can inflict painful bites and often spray formic acid directly at the bite wound resulting in intense discomfort.
Ik was getuige van de eerste vlucht van deze vliegende mier. Mieren beginnen te vliegen als hun paarseizoen aanbreekt. Dan wordt een deel van de mieren uit de kolonie geboren met tijdelijke vleugels. Die vleugels hebben ze nodig om zich voort te planten, want paren doen mieren graag in de lucht. Vliegende mieren zijn ook de enige uit de kolonie die vruchtbaar zijn.
While my objective was to take a top view shot of these lovely roses , I noticed a few ants happily feeding themselves on these flowers.
See how many ants you can spot !
Taken Addo Elephant National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Addo Elephant National Park is a diverse wildlife conservation park situated close to Port Elizabeth in South Africa and is one of the country's 20 national parks. It currently ranks third in size after Kruger National Park and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. I spent four consecutive days within the park which provided an amazing variety of wildlife.
By David Rogers
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Materials- Body: Bent Willow on Armature
Eyes: Carved Red Cedar
Ant. Photographed in Maryland.
A focus stack of 5 images, shot with the camera hand held. Canon 80D, Canon MPE lens, Canon twin flash, Aperture f/11, shutter speed 1/250, ISO 400.
Another example of a natural symbiotic relationship. Ant's will protect Aphids from predators in exchange for a honeydew liquid that they excrete. It's called Aphid farming. Photographed in Maryland.
A single image, shot hand held. Canon 80D, Canon MPE macro lens, Canon twin macro flash. Aperture f/11, shutter speed 1/250, ISO 400, flash set to 1/16th power.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II Laowa 25mm f28-2,5x5x Macro Lens © 2022 Klaus Ficker. Photos are copyrighted. All rights reserved. Pictures can not be used without explicit permission by the creator.
Ants form a symbiotic relationship with aphids. Aphids are small herbivorous insects that spend their entire life cycles on specific host plants. They excrete a sugar-rich substance called honeydew that is a prized resource for various ant species. For this honeydew the ants will protect the aphids from other predators.
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I'm not sure what's going on here. These two ants were on the fence at Conowingo Dam in Maryland yesterday 7/26/23. I didn't see any signs of aggression. It looked like they were feeding each other but I didn't see any food. Maybe they were just being gross and making out in public.
Male green woodpecker (Picus viridis) on a grassy ground – looking for ants.
Samiec dzięcioła zielonego (Picus viridis) na trawiastym podłożu – szukający mrówek.
After releasing the Vine weevil it was immediately attacked by this Ant,
I removed the ant quickly but not before i took a few snaps
Glad you can make out his one tooth
Ant bag beetle (Clytra laeviscula) on a stem of some flower.
Moszenica wierzbówka (Clytra laeviscula) na pędzie jakiegoś kwiatka.