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"Nature, red in tooth and claw..."
I really don't have any idea what is going on here... I was shooting the ant, and thought that the black patch at the base of the leaf was mold. The ant had had his head in the scrum, and then backed up on the stem, stopping to stand on his hind legs and wave his forelegs and antennae. The ant has a pair of legs and part of an abdomen coming out of his mouth...
The other insects look l,ike very small beetles to me, possibly with a dead bee or other winged insect at the bottom of the pile.
I am hoping that some of the naturalists among us, such as David Nice, can provide some thoughts...
A quickly snapped macro of a few ants doing what ants do . They might get on quicker if they did not stop to check each other , but I suppose if they did not check then it could all end in chaos !!
A tiny winged ant flew into the picture when I was looking at some of our flowers. :) I guess they like pollen too. Have a great Monday and week ahead!
ants can collectively influence their communities by shifting the cocktail of proteins, hormones and other small molecules that they pass mouth-to-mouth to one another and their young through a process called trophallaxis.
This dead ant is caught in the remaining web hanging off the mushroom. Looking up under a dead branch near the mushroom I was just shooting and noticed this scene.
Ant, Syrup and an Aphid - Experimenting with the closest macro I can muster out of my camera equipment. Ever use pancake syrup to attract ants? It works great if you want ants. The Aphid just so happened to land in the syrup. After the ants consumed all the syrup then the Aphid was free to walk off his island... unless of course an ant ate him.
This as yet unidentified ant was on some bark in Mapleton Falls National Park. It was hard to see at first on the dark areas.
Ant
📷 Camera: Nikon D810
🔭Lens: Olympus LmplanFl 20x , Kenko 5 reversed
🔍Magnification: ≈ 20x
EXIF: ISO 64, 3sec,
💻 Processing: Zeren Stacker, PS, Topaz sharpen, Color efex detail extractor
💡 Lighting: 3 ikea Jansjö, DIY foam n paper diffuser'
🚃 Rail : MJKZZ Ultra mini rail
🔢Total images. : 128
👣 Step Size: ≈ 5um
01) Subject: Ant
02) Camera: Nikon D810
03) Lens: Olympus Lomo 3,7 , Kenko 5 reversed
04) Magnification: ≈ 3,7
05) EXIF: ISO 64, 3sec,
06) Processing: Zeren Stacker, PS
07) Lighting: 4 ikea Jansjö, DIY foam n paper diffuser
08) Rail : MJKZZ Ultra mini rail
09) Total images. : 118
10) Step Size: 27um
11) General :
My glads have all been knocked down by the wind and rains we've had. But the ants are happy! This one is my favorite color, pink and yellow.
Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves, engage in child labour, exchange information ceaselessly. They do everything but watch television.
-Lewis Thomas-
(This is a very cropped photo, not a macro...best in Large)
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