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Scientific name: Triplaris americana
Popular names: Anthill, Ant's stick (Pau-de-formiga), Taquari
Family: Polygonaceae
Category: Trees, Ornamental Trees
Climate: Equatorial, Subtropical, Tropical
Origin: South America, Brazil, Paraguay
Height: above 12 meters
Luminosity: Full sun
The Ant's stick a majestic tropical tree, which impresses with its size and exuberant flowering. Its canopy has a columnar to pyramidal shape, with a rectilinear, elegant and hollow trunk, sheltering ants inside, in an interesting symbiotic relationship. The wood is light, of low density and the bark is gray and slightly cracked. The leaves are large, oval and simple.
Because it is a dioecious species (separate sexes), the Ant's stick has male and female individuals, which are clearly differentiated during flowering. The female plants have erect inflorescences, with showy reddish-pink flowers, while the males have greyish, tapered, long and pendent inflorescences. Flowering occurs in winter and early spring and is quite durable.
The Ant's stick has fast growth and its size varies from 8 to 20 meters in height. Despite its large size, it does not have aggressive surface roots, and can be planted on sidewalks free of electricity.
A typical tree of riparian forests, the Ant's stick prefers to be planted near watercourses or lakes, where it benefits from soil moisture. It can be grown in drier and more drained places, but in this case it requires regular irrigation.
I was very lucky to see this Cheetah Cub.. I was parked on alonely track in Kruger Park near Orpen Camp photographing a Mother Cheetah for 30 mins when I looked to the other side and there was her youngster just staring at me from the top of an old Anthill
Monaco, the crammed urban anthill for the superrich alongside the French Riviera coastline and its sea, crammed with "boats".
We went off-road to a view point in the forest during mid-day and I wasn't expecting to see any birds. And I wasn't wrong!
But on a large Anthill that was almost 4 feet tall and 4 feet wide, this Lizard was patiently hunting for Ants. It wasn't afraid of us and didn't dart off, but watched us cautiously the entire time we were there. I thought it seemed quite delighted to be on top of a mountain of food!
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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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Macro photograph of ants, working together as a team, to collect food.
Fotografía macro de unas hormigas, trabajando conjuntamente y en equipo, para recolectar alimentos.
9 month old lion cub (Panthera leo) probably lying on the anthill awaiting the prides return from hunting
Toujours aussi beau et photogénique ce petit Argus bleu, mais le plus extraordinaire c'est son cycle de vie.!
Après avoir pendu ses oeufs et l'éclosion de ces derniers, les larves se nourrissent de la plante hôte puis se laissent tomber par terre sur le chemin des fourmis, qui les prennent pour des leurs, les amènent dans la fourmilière et les nourrissent copieusement.!
Mais le jour J quand le papillon sort de sa chrysalide et doit sortir de la fourmilière à l'air libre, il a intérêt à faire vite avant que les fourmis ne s'aperçoivent de la supercherie.!
Sinon il finira au menu du jour.
Always so beautiful and photogenic this little blue Argus, but the most extraordinary is its life cycle!
After hanging eggs and hatching, the larvae feed on the host plant and then fall to the ground on the path of ants, which take them for their own, bring them into the anthill and feed them copiously. !
But on D-day when the butterfly comes out of its chrysalis and has to get out of the anthill in the open air, it is better to do it quickly before the ants can see the trickery!
Otherwise it will end at the menu of the day.
Hiking at Keg Knoll late in the day, I found this striking structure--a white donut in the desert.
I did not see ants, but I suspect that this is their work. As they mine beneath the surface, some workers carry the tiny fragments to the surface, forming ant hills.
Professor Peter Robinson used the piles around ant nests in Wyoming to help him find fossils of small mammals. He had discovered that ants bring fossilized rodent teeth to the surface as they mined. Peter and his students would collect these materials, then sift through them under a dissecting scope to look for fossil teeth. A fossil tooth directed them where to dig to find fossils.
These ants have found a white layer below the red layer of sandstone. The setting sun made it very colorful.
Ant Hill silhouettes, Church Meadow, Maulden, Bedfordshire, 4 Feb 2022
Maulden Church Meadow is a SSSI.
It has Yellow Meadow Ants.
Their nests can extend a metre below the ground.
They build an ant hill above to help regulate temperature and humidity.
This was the fourth attempt to get the shot of the sunset and ant hills.
The sun has moved round significantly in the three weeks since the first attempt so may not be able to get the shot exactly as imagined this year.
Shot with a lens with a 7-blade diaphragm so have a 14-point star.
Ant Hill silhouettes, Church Meadow, Maulden, Bedfordshire, 31 Jan 2022
Maulden Church Meadow is a SSSI.
It has Yellow Meadow Ants.
Their nests can extend a metre below the ground.
They build an ant hill above to help regulate temperature and humidity.
This was the third attempt to get the shot of the sunset and ant hills.
The second attempt was 10 days after the first. Tried using ND Grads, but so much flare that ended up scrapping the lot.
The third attempt was 4 days later. After a cloudless day the cloud rolled in as I left home...
Ant Hill silhouettes, Church Meadow, Maulden, Bedfordshire, 4 Feb 2022
Maulden Church Meadow is a SSSI.
It has Yellow Meadow Ants.
Their nests can extend a metre below the ground.
They build an ant hill above to help regulate temperature and humidity.
This was the fourth attempt to get the shot of the sunset and ant hills.
The sun has moved round significantly in the three weeks since the first attempt so may not be able to get the shot exactly as imagined this year.
Shot with a Sigma 10-20 which has a 6-blade diaphragm so have a 6-point star.
Northern Flickers, fairly common woodpeckers in Michigan, don't often sit still for a photo-op. They are unusual among woodpeckers because they are often seen on the ground eating ants or beetles This Flicker was observed unearthing an ant "hill" at Lake St. Clair Metropark, Michigan. Her bill is coated with the soft black soil from her probing of the anthill.
A male Northern Flicker would have a black "moustache", which is lacking in the pictured bird.
As we headed out the next morning searching for the giant Anteaters, we had a chance to take in our surroundings. The Trumpet Flower Trees were in full bloom adding a pop of color to the dry landscape.
The termite mounds where the anteaters feed reminded us of headstones, giving the area the feel of a peaceful cemetery. The mounds are large, vegetated earth structures created by termites as a waste product of their extensive underground tunneling, not their homes, and can be quite ancient, dating back thousands of years, withstanding the annual flooding of the region.
As is the law in nature, nothing is ever wasted. These mounds, some reaching several meters high, are a key feature of the Pantanal's savanna-like areas and serve as important ecosystems for other species. The mounds become nesting sights for a variety of birds, including the White-rumped Mojita, a small flycatcher that nests in the abandoned burrows of other birds. So perhaps rather than a cemetery, it is more like a condominium complex 😄!
Ant Hill silhouettes, Church Meadow, Maulden, Bedfordshire, 17 Jan 2022
Maulden Church Meadow is a SSSI.
It has Yellow Meadow Ants.
Their nests can extend a metre below the ground.
They build an ant hill above to help regulate temperature and humidity.
As I came out of the woods the low winter sun was highlighting them.
I tried to get a shot of the sun and the ant hills.