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Went to a family reunion this weekend, and managed to convert a few little ones into buggy folk wicked. Among other things, we found several large ant colonies. I got some decent pictures (and a couple videos) of one.
Ant pictures clickable for zoom:
Video 1
Video 2
It was a lot of fun watching the soldiers running around thrusting their abdomens and baring their jaws.
I found a couple of weird grubs under a log along with a termite that wandered away from the rest of the colony.
AND I managed to catch a dragonfly! He wasn't happy -- kept angrily showing me his mouthparts. It must have been doing whatever bugs do that's equivalent to sleep, 'cause my hands were about three inches away from it without it noticing me. Sorry 'bout the bad picture quality . . . the camera didn't know the dragonfly was cooler than my hand.
I also got some good pictures of a cute little rough-skinned newt (pics coming when I get that thread posted).
Edit: Here's the newt.
Ant pictures clickable for zoom:
Video 1
Video 2
It was a lot of fun watching the soldiers running around thrusting their abdomens and baring their jaws.
I found a couple of weird grubs under a log along with a termite that wandered away from the rest of the colony.
AND I managed to catch a dragonfly! He wasn't happy -- kept angrily showing me his mouthparts. It must have been doing whatever bugs do that's equivalent to sleep, 'cause my hands were about three inches away from it without it noticing me. Sorry 'bout the bad picture quality . . . the camera didn't know the dragonfly was cooler than my hand.
I also got some good pictures of a cute little rough-skinned newt (pics coming when I get that thread posted).
Edit: Here's the newt.
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