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This is the scarecrow of our neighbours Mark and Annette. It has won the prize for the best scarecrow in the 'celebrity' class.
Unfortunately Ant and Deck blew over during one of the rainstorms and Deck fell from Ant's arms (or is that legs?).
For those who don't know Ant and Dec are TV presenters who started on Children's TV and now present wonderful (?) programmes such as 'I'm a celebrity...'.
Black ant Lasius niger lapping up sugar solution. Interesting how the abdominal segments have expanded
As we headed back to the house for lunch, we found our path crossed by a few columns of ants. Thankfully they were red ants (while painful biters - relatively harmless) rather than army ants.
DATE TAKEN:
March 20th, 2009
LOCATION:
Kalukembe, Huila, Angola, Africa
I need to redo the eye, the glare from the catchlight erased most of the eye which I redid in photoshop, but looking at the other pictures, obviously the colours aren't the same. In any case, this small mantid mimics an ant. It even runs on all 6 legs rather than rearing up in typical mantis posture. The yellow ant it mimics was found on the same plant and is in my stream under ant with praying mantid tags. Found during a night hike in Pantiacolla midlevel rainforest, Manu national park, Peru.
Nikon D200 - Micro-Nikkor 55mm 1:3.5 + PK-13 extension tube + TC-200 Teleconverter
1/200 sec - f/22 - ISO 400 - SB-600 Speedlight off-camera left with diffuser
ant climbing on the dill growing in the east york community garden near taylor creek park. the flower is at the female flowering stage, and tonight i made potato salad.
note to the gardeners: i only shot pictures at your garden - the dill i picked and am eating was found growing wild along the don river trails.
A fire-ant hill is formed against a neighborhood fence. I am not sure how big the hill is on the other side of the fence... but thought I would put a 'warning' to passerbys that there are Ants. :-}
Ants are social insects of the family Formicidae. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than 12,500 out of an estimated total of 22,000 species have been classified.
Ants form colonies that range in size from a few dozen predatory individuals living in small natural cavities to highly organised colonies which may occupy large territories and consist of millions of individuals. These larger colonies consist mostly of sterile wingless females forming castes of "workers", "soldiers", or other specialised groups. Nearly all ant colonies also have some fertile males called "drones" and one or more fertile females called "queens". The colonies are sometimes described as superorganisms because the ants appear to operate as a unified entity, collectively working together to support the colony.
Ants communicate with each other using pheromones. Like other insects, ants perceive smells with their long, thin and mobile antennae. The paired antennae provide information about the direction and intensity of scents. Since most ants live on the ground, they use the soil surface to leave pheromone trails that can be followed by other ants. In species that forage in groups, a forager that finds food marks a trail on the way back to the colony; this trail is followed by other ants, these ants then reinforce the trail when they head back with food to the colony. When the food source is exhausted, no new trails are marked by returning ants and the scent slowly dissipates.
Ants use pheromones for more than just making trails. A crushed ant emits an alarm pheromone that sends nearby ants into an attack frenzy and attracts more ants from further away. Several ant species even use "propaganda pheromones" to confuse enemy ants and make them fight among themselves.
Ants perform many ecological roles that are beneficial to humans, including the suppression of pest populations and aeration of the soil.
The use of weaver ants in citrus cultivation in southern China is considered one of the oldest known applications of biological control.
On the other hand, ants can become nuisances when they invade buildings, or cause economic losses.
After the ants have been left to soak in the baijiu, thus enriching its flavour, we separate off the ants, leaving a lovely coloured concoction of baijiu, ant juice and some ant legs! Down the hatch! One of the more interesting shots I have had!
Ant Crop. Pentax K10D, Tamron Adaptall 2 90mm 72B f2.8 macro lens, Vivitar PK/A macro teleconverter and Sigma EM 140 DG Macro Flash
This Ant Plant (Myrmecodium sp.) has been cut open to show the chambers that harbor ants inside its swollen stem. The ants provide the plant with nutrients in the form of their waste. The plant grows on trees in the Asian rainforest. Photographed at Selby Garden.
A ant with some Parmasan cheese @ Montepulciano
Parmesan cheese is the name of a few kinds of Italian extra-hard cheeses. It is usually the cheese to go with Spaghetti and other typical Italian pasta, but it also has many other uses. Parmesan is a part of Italian national cuisine and is usually grated.
Usually, Parmesan cheese is either Parmigiano-Reggiano or Grana Padano cheese. Both cheeses are AOC. This means that the way they are made, and the region they come form are strictly regulated.
Only these brands (Parmigiano Reggiano, Grana Padano) are protected. In many parts of the world, cheese is sold as Parmesan cheese that has nothing to do with the true (Italian) Parmigiano Reggiano or Grana Padano. The biggest producers of such cheeses are the United States and Argentina.
Ants taking advantage of a puddle (or rather, wheel ruts in a dirt road) that dried up, stranding some native tadpoles. Along the western portion of Spicers Gap Road, SE Queensland, Australia.
We called them Jumping Joes as kids. They have a very painful sting, in fact, to quote Wikipedia:
Their venom is one of the most powerful in the insect world.
and
jack jumper ants cause more deaths in Tasmania than spiders, snakes, wasps, and sharks combined.
I've been stung but happily didn't die!
Back garden insect war.. the Ants Vs the Maggots (please be advised our back garden isn't full of maggots and ants this is an isolated event)
These guys were tiny and walked with their bums in the air. The pink wood decaying fungus gave an extra splash of colour
Psyllids (bottom) and the Notoncus ant responsible for honeydew collection. In winter the ants are less active but the jumping plant lice nymphs still produce copious amounts of honeydew. On the left you can see some sooty mould that thrives on psyllid honeydew and is detrimental to the health of the leaf. Kyogle, NSW.
dambordvlieg of grauwe vleesvlieg (Sarcophaga carnaria)
De lengte is ongeveer 13 tot 15 millimeter, kleinere exemplaren komen ook voor, de kleur is grijszwart. Op het borststuk zitten enkele lichtere lengtestrepen, op het achterlijf is een patroon van afwisselende lichte vlekken zichtbaar, waaraan de naam dambordvlieg te danken is. Het borststuk is erg breed evenals de uiteinden van de poten. De ogen zijn groot, rond en opvallend rood gekleurd.
Algemeen
In tegenstelling tot de meeste vliegen is de soort eierlevendbarend, er worden wel eitjes geproduceerd, maar deze komen in het vrouwtje al uit. Dit heeft als voordeel dat de larven meteen kunnen beginnen met eten. De larven worden afgezet op aas of vers vlees waarin ze zich verder ontwikkelen. Lange tijd werd gedacht dat ze vlees of aas als voedsel hadden, vandaar de naam vleesvlieg, maar de larven jagen op andere, aas-etende larven en zijn dus carnivoor.
De dambordvlieg is niet gebonden aan een habitat; als er voedsel is voor de larven (karkassen) kan de vlieg zich handhaven. De volwassen vlieg leeft van nectar en bezoekt bloemen maar zuigt ook aan uitwerpselen.
Bron: wikipedia
© Bram Reinders
I friggin' hate flying ant day when queen ants emerge from the nest to begin their nuptial flight. Queens will fly for a distance, mate, then drop to the ground where they lose their wings and attempt to start a new colony. This particular ant does not eat wood and does not pose a threat to structures, but they are a nuisance.