World of Ants
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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.
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 !
I've got your boat Ant !
Or at least a similar one (yours didn't have any writing on it). Watched your video and was reminded of our visit to Aldeburgh a few years ago. I never posted this as the highlights were blown out (although we had lovely pink clouds).
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.
Ants touch each other with their antennae when they meet. Each ant colony has a unique smell, so members recognize each other and sniff out intruders.
Ant Hill is a 2024 m summit located in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States. It is composed of white Navajo Sandstone, and rises 430 meters above the Zion – Mount Carmel Highway. Ant Hill is situated 2.66 km east-northeast of The East Temple and 3.9 km west-northwest of Checkerboard Mesa.
After sunrise.
United Sates, Zion National Park, Mount Carmel Highway
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When I heard that some very large ants had been spotted at a local park, I thought it might be a good subject for my new macro lens. So I packed up my camera and the lens and headed out. But when I got to the park and found the ants, you might say that I got more than I had bargained for! 😄
Actually, this is a shot of an ant taken with the new macro lens. But since today's Smile On Saturday calls for an "Open Day Theme," meaning anything goes, I decided to have some fun with the shot.
HSoS
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
American B. 1960
Weight: 725 lbs.
Materials- Body: Bent Willow on Armature
Eyes: Carved Red Cedar
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.
Rhodos
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Zorzal-hormiguero Meridional, Ant-eating Chat, Myrmecocichla formicivora.
Etosha National Park
Namibia
Some more experimenting with focus stacking of a black ant under my Nikon Labophot-2 microscope. Approximately 64 images were focus stacked together in Helicon Focus to create this image. The ant was photographed under side light with a 4x objective. I was impressed by how much fine detail was captured, especially in the eye, leg and antenna.