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To the right is the ant mimic to which this ant is paired. Found during a night hike in Maliau basin Agathis camp along Ginseng trail.
Why are there always ants on the peonies, especially before the buds open? Peony plants, like many others, offer extra-floral nectaries, or droplets of sugary nectar outside the flower. This attracts ants, which may in turn protect the developing flower buds from plant-eating insects. Don't bother worrying about the ants, they are doing their job!
my ant farm. not as much fun as i thought it would be. little suckers kept wanting to escape and i felt bad keeping them cooped up. they looked awfully cute carrying around little green sugar sprinkles though.
An Ant sticker, seen in Washington, DC. This guy gets around. I've seen his stickers in St. Louis, Washington, Boston, and Philadelphia. Hmm, I guess I get around too.
This female Ant-eating Chat is on a termite mound where the Aardvark had eaten out the termites. It nests in the burrows of the termite. Male Ant-eating Chats have a small white carpal patch.
I haven't spent much time trying to photograph or identify ants. I suspect it is well beyond me. I thought these ants especially pretty with their stripes. I always find it interesting how they tend their little "flocks" so carefully.
This ant would just stand motionless, waiting for a smaller ant to walk by, and then it would attack.
Ants and Aphids. That symbiotic relationship. Ants gather the honeydew and in return the Aphids get some protection from predators.
Ants feeding on rice insect pest. Part of the image collection of the International Rice Research Institute.
Ants excavate clay-rich soil as they build their subterranean nest.
Finca Las Piedras, Madre de Dios, Peru