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"Come on, we have to carry a huge cracker in the hole!", said the working ant.
"No way! The cicada is waiting for me on the tree with his guitar. He wrote a new song for the summer! The lyrics are awesome! Listen:
Summer smiles in the sun
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"Oh! I forgot them!"
Dear Flickr friends, can you help me with the lyrics, please?
Carpenter ant I think. It's cleaning his antennae after it got wet.
Trying ant photography lately and posting two shots today. This one is for Macro Mondays.
Ants and aphids have a symbiotic relationship whereby the the ants protect the aphids in exchange for honeydew which the aphids secrete as waste.
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Lots of butts on display here as an ant collects the sweet secretion from the back of one of the aphids. HBBBT
tiny wildlife seen in Schönbuch, next to Tübingen and Hohen Entrigen on sunny weekend trip through nature.
(72/365) I found this tiny Ant mimic fly today on an Ivy leaf, it's body is about 3mm long, about the size of an ant surprisingly enough! Possible ID is Sepsis fulgens. Happy Fly Day Friday!
A fungus eating a fungus eating an ant 😱
This ant was infected by Ophiocordyceps sect. unilateralis, otherwise known as the Zombie Ant Fungus, which hijacked it's nervous system and compelled it to climb up a bamboo twig and bite down, before killing it and sending out a reproductive structure (now towering over the deceased ant). The white growth is ANOTHER fungus, a hyperparasite, growing on the Ophiocordyceps.
Canguera, São Paulo, Brasil.
Nikon D850, Tamron 90 mm f2.8 macro lens + Raynox DCR-250.
This is a focus stack of approximately 70 images.
The black garden ant (Lasius niger), also known as the common black ant, is a formicine ant, the type species of the subgenus Lasius, which is found across Europe and in some parts of North America, South America, Asia and Australasia. The European species was split into two species; L. niger, which are found in open areas; and L. platythorax, which is found in forest habitats. It is monogynous, meaning colonies contain a single queen.
Lasius niger colonies can reach in size up to around 40,000 workers in rare cases, but 4,000–7,000 is around average. A Lasius niger queen can live for up to 29 years[2] the longest recorded lifespan for any eusocial insect. Lasius niger queens in the early stages of founding can have two to three other queens in the nest. They will tolerate each other until the first workers come, then it is most likely they will fight until one queen remains. In certain circumstances, it is possible that there can be multiple queens in a single colony if they are founding somewhat near each other and eventually their two tunnels connect.[citation needed] Under laboratory conditions, workers can live at least 4 years.
I was looking at some plants my wife had in the garden and I saw this one in particular that looks so interesting after the flower parts drop off and I saw an ant on it. I thought it would look real interesting if I could get just the right photo. I took some shots yesterday but wasn't satisfied, so I returned today to see if I could capture a nice image of an ant on this plant structure. I think this image gets me closer to what I had in mind with an ant walking around this spikey flower remnant. I say walking but the reality is that this must be quite an interesting challenge for the ant to navigate around.
Taken 16 August 2021 near Wasilla, Alaska.
we are so proud of our son anthony. out of no where, he decided he wanted to be in the school play... he's never performed before... they rehearsed everyday for almost a month. and its a musical comedy called "between the lines" so singing and dancing!! and in front of over 100 folks in each of the 3 hour long performances. ant ended up with one of the bigger parts... he's the lovable evil wolf jr.... his character has most of the funny lines...
anthony was great as were all the kids... everyone sang, danced and never missed a line... i mean my shy, introverted, overly anxious little boy was loud and dramatic on stage!!
did i mention that we are very proud of him.