I was walking up to my office this afternoon and noticed hundreds of ants congregating on the sidewalk - not sure what they're up to, but it was a great way to test out my new Nikon 60mm f2.8 micro lens! Still a little creepy though.

Still testing my new lens on the rare insects I can find in the garden (winter's coming now ):

Velvet ant. A male

Ants climbing a wall carrying something. Lighted by flashlight.

Ants close to the sensor

Bringing another clump of sand to the pile.

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One of my self made ant nest!

Ants na horách 4/2022

Camponotus sp. ant?

More ants: orionmystery.blogspot.com/2012/04/tropical-ants.html

A piece of fry is discovered underground.

Beautiful ant! they are enjoying a sugar liquid drop!

There is a partially exposed tunnel of an ant colony in the backyard. They move very fast up and down this trench while removing pebbles their own size, twigs, and grass. Others bring in food. I am curious to see if they will leave this passage exposed or if they will re-engineer the area further.

It is very cool, because I get to watch them in action. Sometimes they have traffic jams that are sorted out in micro-seconds. The biggest challenge when photographing ants is how fast they move. They are blurry even at a 1/800 second shutter speeds. I wish I had a real macro lens.

An Ant (Formica incerta) forages on the surface of a leaf.

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Ants on a mirror feeding on honey

Black ants Lasius niger lapping up sugar solution.

Focus stacked image

Ants na horách 4/2022

Street art of an ant, seen in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Ants v Krkonoších, 5/2022

Some of this adult ants measure about 15mm.

Took this while on the "great outdoors" bro-down with my little brother. Our challenge was to capture a cool ant pic. I snapped this as an ant was swallowing an even tinier insect whole!

Another attempt about macro photography. Subject is about two ants on a yellow flower.

Picture made with no tripod and with flash.

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ant eater log seattle

Ants at work. Tropikariet, Helsingborg.

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Ants cruising around in a gap in-between the planks of a deck.

ant / dandelion

taken @UI, Depok

Ant, aphid and interloper. The ant obviously does not see or smell the hoverfly larva which will be busy eating the aphids

Ants eating aphids on milkweed.

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Adam Ant at Scala 18th November 2010 © David Morris dtmphotography

Ant control is extremely important in Brazilain forestry

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Ants scurrying to protect their eggs after I disturbed their home.

This swan family were very amusing - the adults pecked at a motor boat hull which the family aboard took to mean - correctly - that the swans wanted feeding. Then one of the adults turned and swam away at which point the cygnets 'legged it' paddling so fast and furiously that they were lifted out of the water and looked very comical !