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Family: Formicidae. Subfamily: Myrmicinae. Tribe: Stenammini. Species: Aphaenogaster tennesseensis (Mayr, 1862). (Salem, MA).
The termine guy was here last week (NO termites, YAY!!), but found an ant hill which he allegedly "killed." HA. They moved and took over part of my liriope border. (Note that there is grass fighting a Maginot line, AND strawberries infiltrating, as well.
...I almost feel sorry for them...but I can't have ants all over my smoothie ingredients... ;) This stuff is irresistable to the tiny creatures, they take it back to base and it sets off a chain reaction fungus that destroys the entire nest in 1-3 weeks...I'll let you know how it goes, but for now, we have to put up with them...you can see this fellow here tucking into a bit of the fluid that spilt when I opened up the trap...
Ants working to bring back folage to the colony. These were large, hard working, vicious looking ants that I saw at Bentson-Rio Grande State Park.
I was given an ant farm. It completely failed to im
I was given an ant farm. It completely failed to impress the ants I enslaved within it, most of whom died. The last suriving ants just wandered around looking for a way out.
I found a large ant hill between two small plants. Both photos show small animals that are lower on the food chain using plants to protect themselves. An abiotic difference between a terrestrial and an aquatic ecosystem is the nutrients found in the soil. In a lake certian nutrients that aquatic plants need will be found only in that soil.
An ant who wanted to be a butterfly, of course. The ant comes from a colouring book picture, the wings are being done freehand. The two wings will not match and will have buttons and filligree and possibly a shisha'd in coin. I am kinda stoked about this little guy.
Ant colony outside the house on the sidewalk. There is no food or anything for them there yet they have been mobbing around the same square foot area for about a week.