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Macro Mondays: Remedy
To avoid scurvy: a Green Ant, for Bush Tucker Vitamin C from Northern Australia, on an Orange.
Green Ants have ascorbic acid in the abdomen.
"Ascorbic acid ... water-soluble vitamin, Vitamin C, which has a major role in the formation of collagen, bones, blood vessels and connective tissues; occurring naturally in citrus fruits ..."* and Green Ants.
*Macquarie Dictionary
Artistic Temperament Scavenger Hunt: 1. Balance 2. Orange
Looking Close... on Friday: Two of a kind.
Beaded Green Ants; souvenirs from the Northern Territory.
(Real) Green Ants have ascorbic acid rather than formic acid so they can be eaten as a little Vitamin C boost ... 'though they may give you a bite first, which citrus won't😁They build a leaf nest in the trees.
I took them out again today to take photos in a tree ... a breeze knocked them off the branch and now there is only one! I can't find the other green ant in the grass! Surprised I found one, to be honest.
Macro Mondays: Reflection
Little wire & beads Green Ant from the Northern Territory, Australia. The 'real' thing builds a nest of leaves in the trees & is edible: ascorpic acid instead of formic acid.
just me hanging out with the green ants again
Macro Mondays - HMM
ODC - JUST A TOUCH is the challenge for Monday 7th January 2013
My attention was caught when I saw these tiny flowers moving...and I was confused as there was no wind at all at that time.
I looked closer and saw a group of pony ants scrambling over the plant....and as I continued to watch, I saw with surprise that the ants were working hard to disconnect the flowers from their stalks and endeavour to cart them away, presumably to the nest.
It was incredibly hard work. Many times they dropped the flowers and sometimes there seemed to be scuffles and skirmishes between the ants - I imagined they were telling each other off for making a mistake perhaps. Tenacious little characters.
6mm body length
Flowers are Lithodora diffusa.
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Goodness knows how far it had come already, but I watched this tenacious little green-head ant drag its headless prey 5 metres before disappearing in to a crack in a wall....the colony never sleeps and the colony is forever hungry!
Prey is probably Bibio sp.
Ant body length 5mm.
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I love your green eyes !!!
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Honey you are a rock
Upon which I stand
And I come here to talk
I hope you understand
That Green Eyes
Yeah the spotlight
Shines upon you
And how could
Anybody
Deny you
I came here with a load
And it feels so much lighter
Now I've met you
Honey you should know
That I could never go on
Without you
Green Eyes
Honey you are the sea
Upon which I float
And I came here to talk
I think you should know
That Green Eyes
You're the one that I wanted to find
And anyone who tried to deny you,
Must be out of their minds
'Cause I came here with a load
And it feels so much lighter since I met you
Honey you should know,
That I could never go on
Without you
Set of 3 -The green tree ant found in Northern Australia is a type of weaver ant found in many parts of the world. The Australian species (Oecophylla smaragdina) is commonly referred to as either a green tree ant or weaver ant. They are called weaver ants because they weave a nest together out of leaves. The leaves are joined by a silky substance produced from their larvae.
Due to the absence of bees in this part of Australia they are pollinators of fruit flowers.
Apparently, green ants are a good source of vitamin C, taste of lemon, and are traditionally used by Aboriginal people.
Keeping guard!
A female Green-ant Mimicking Spider (Amyciaea albomaculata) guarding her egg sac. Most spider mums will stay with their silken treasure until dozens of baby spiderlings hatch out!
Green Tree Ants are prolific in the vegetation of tropical Australasia, with their extremely aggressive antics keeping most other animals away. By mimicking the looks and movement of the ant, this crab spider avoids predation but also makes it easier to prey on its favourite snack - the Green Tree Ant itself! 🐜
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Yangga, green ants, have many medicinal uses and are still widely used to combat coughs and colds. They are either eaten alive, or crushed and inhaled like a vapour rub to open up the sinuses. ... The ants make their nests - Gambul yangga - by folding up leaves and fixing them together with larval silk. Breaking open such a nest results in a swarming attack; each defender intent on biting you and getting inside your clothing to do so!
Do you ever have that feeling you are being watched? Well I found my little guy when I opened up this image. Thought I would try a different composition. Need to challenge myself and try to learn more.
Sorry but cannot comment on your photos this weekend.
Totally tied up with interstate guests visiting but I will sneak in whenever I can to comment.
Have a super weekend dear Flickr friends.
Caught this green ant inside a Canonball Tree flower.
Sorry I have not commented but I am a bit out of sorts. On mega doses of antibiotics. So please give me a day or so :))
Green Tree Ants, sometimes called Weaver Ants, build balloon-shaped nests among the foliage of trees and shrubs. Groups of workers pull leaves close to each other and 'weave' them together with silk produced by the larvae. A Green Tree Ant colony may consist of many nests spread over several trees but there is only a single queen.
Green Tree Ants occur across northern Australia from the Kimberly region in Western Australia to about Gladstone in Queensland. They are found in all forest types but do not occur in the highlands. Green Tree Ant workers are aggressive and defend their nests by swarming onto the attacker. They cannot sting but bite with their jaws and squirt a burning fluid from the tip of the abdomen onto the wound. Green Tree Ants are predators and also collect honeydew from sap-sucking insects.
The caterpillars of many species of butterflies are tended by Green Tree Ants. The flattened, armoured caterpillars of the Moth Butterfly live only inside Green Tree Ant nests where they feed on ant eggs, larvae and pupae. Adult Moth Butterflies emerge inside the nest and are attacked by the ants. They are covered with loose scales that fall out when they are grabbed by the ants. In this way the butterflies can escape the nest without being damaged.
www.qm.qld.gov.au/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/In...
Green ants nest at the creek in Queensland.
The green-head ant, also known as the green ant or metallic pony ant, is a species of ant that is endemic to Australia. It was described by British entomologist Frederick Smith in 1858 as a member of the genus Rhytidoponera in the subfamily Ectatomminae. These ants measure between 5 to 7 mm.
NEST DESCRIPTION
Green tree ants are arboreal -– they live in trees, rarely coming to the ground. They build their nest by pulling leaves together and gluing them with excretions. Colonies can be extremely large, covering many trees and containing several hundred thousand workers.
BITE SYMPTOMS
Green tree ants don’t have a sting, but they can bite and also have the ability to spray formic acid, which can hurt if it gets into the bite.
BITE TREATMENT
Wash any bite and use a cold pack to relieve any pain.
Set of 3 -The green tree ant found in Northern Australia is a type of weaver ant found in many parts of the world. The Australian species (Oecophylla smaragdina) is commonly referred to as either a green tree ant or weaver ant. They are called weaver ants because they weave a nest together out of leaves. The leaves are joined by a silky substance produced from their larvae.
Due to the absence of bees in this part of Australia they are pollinators of fruit flowers.
Apparently, green ants are a good source of vitamin C, taste of lemon, and are traditionally used by Aboriginal people.
Seeing is Believing? Look Again -
In the middle of May, a timid termite was scuttling across the streets. He lithely avoided the light traffic but the heavy pounce of predators in ambush he could not. A quadruple against one, the perfect crime is rather easy to commit. With jagged jaws, the carnivores clamped tight for their journey. The play-dough in pain, her screams of murder yelped out its echoes through the dark alley.
Enjoying the muse, the queen of the colony buoyed her workers on. “Come on, let’s get home before the sun sink into the sea. Make sure you keep him crying because it means he is alive!”
Even the most tragic event can be beautiful if only seen from a different perspective.
Is this the inside story behind my picture? No friends, of course not. This capture is a matter of however you want to perceive it. Now tap in to my deviating viewpoint: I was a timely hiker with camera who witnessed everything from A to Z.
The truth is after a great deal of climbing, a daredevil reached the top. I watched as he lost balance while admiring the brand-new vista on the tree and succumb to the merciless pull of the underworld. There was no sound after he hit the gritty track loud. By what method he managed to return to breathing, I don’t know. Right away a crowd from nowhere dashed forward to gape at the falling disaster. Not knowing what else to do, they marvel at the colorful pebbles studded into raw wound. Bah… bah… said the first. Chirp… chirp… said the second. The third, and all the others too murmured, “It is better to commit nothing because surely someone else will help.” In the sequel, the invalid was gauze from head to foot in a figure 8 turn by quick hands.
To sum up I’m not the hero who bandaged the hapless fellow, nor was it me who sent him to the doctor ready at hand on the right. The paramedic teamwork of four kind Samaritans did. If anyone asked, my role in the scenario was purely a wide-eyed bystander. Abiding by the rest of the onlookers, I simply blessed the victim to enjoy his final piece of peace.
A now common sight in Hong Kong Oecophylla smaragdina (common names include weaver ant, green ant, green tree ant, and orange gaster) is a species of arboreal ant, which in Hong Kong is RED not GREEN, but hey, you cannot argue with a scientist.
An Vietnamese weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) climbing down a large leaf just outside My Lan Resort & Restaurant on Bae Sao in Phu Quoc, Vietnam.
Pt. 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/41426672194/
A shot of her sister trying to defend a chicken egg here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/26894470408/
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A bug's life isn't always easy, especially when they've got to work hard for not being the next meal. Danger lurks round every corner... here in this case, the little ant has survived.
I bent a few branches away to get a more clear view but, some leaves in front of the little ant were not avoidable for a nice photo.
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Corra, corra pequenina... corra minha pequena. O que você procura? Corra para o sol pequenina ...
A vida de um bug nem sempre é fácil, especialmente quando eles têm que trabalhar duro para não ser a próxima refeição. O perigo espreita em cada esquina... aqui neste caso, a formiguinha sobrevieu.
Eu abaixei alguns ramos para os lados para obter uma visão mais clara, mas, algumas folhas na frente da formiguinha não foram evitáveis para ter uma bela foto.
Im sure the dialog was something like:
Ant 1: do you think she is coming up here?
Ant 2: she wouldnt dare
Ant 3: wouldnt she?
Ant 1: so what if she does?
Ant 2: If she does, we fight!
Being an ant pretty much means never being still. This weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) in Koh Lanta, Thailand was just like that, constantly on the move.
A pair of thirsty green ants. Two of many green ants native to Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
Set of 3 -The green tree ant found in Northern Australia is a type of weaver ant found in many parts of the world. The Australian species (Oecophylla smaragdina) is commonly referred to as either a green tree ant or weaver ant. They are called weaver ants because they weave a nest together out of leaves. The leaves are joined by a silky substance produced from their larvae.
Due to the absence of bees in this part of Australia they are pollinators of fruit flowers.
Apparently, green ants are a good source of vitamin C, taste of lemon, and are traditionally used by Aboriginal people.
Keep in mind that queens do eventually shed their wings, so an ant without wings could still be a queen. A weaver ant queen (Oecophylla smaragdina) on top of a leaf of Codiaeum variegatum protects its larvae.
An Vietnamese weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) climbing down a large leaf just outside My Lan Resort & Restaurant on Bae Sao in Phu Quoc, Vietnam.
A shot of her sister trying to defend a chicken egg here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/26894470408/
Weaver or green ants are unique in that they live in trees and build their nests with the leaves.
The green tree ant found in Northern Australia is a type of weaver ant found in many parts of the world. The Australian species (Oecophylla smaragdina) is commonly referred to as either a green tree ant or weaver ant. They are called weaver ants because they weave a nest together out of leaves.
Two metallic pony ants struggle for the prize of half a bee.
I watched this little fast moving scenario play out, at first assuming they were working together to take a large size haul back to the nest. But as I watched, I saw that they were both very much working against each other and it seemed that they were in competition or just couldn't agree as to the best path back to the nest.
Whether from the same nest or not, there was no partnership and harmony over this prize, it was a veritable tug of war. After 15 minutes, one of them finally gave up its quest.
Ants 7 mm length
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now while I getting my ant shots I disturbed these fellas at the bottom of the ant colony tearing stips off the white sealant, maybe they eat the stuff or maybe they line their nest with it
ODC - AT THE BOTTOM is the topic for Thursday 14th February 2013
7DOS - "7 Days of Shooting" "Week #31 - I Love . . ." "Shoot Anything Saturday" - I love green ants, I love watching them at work which seem to be doing all the time, I just love the way the look at me and the antics they get up to and just love it when i can make other people happy with my photos