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The Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona is hosting David Roger’s Big Bugs sculpture exhibit. We went to visit today. Of course I went right for the ants. The big ants are nicely positioned along the skyline. At 725 pounds each, these are serious ants! What, no elbowed antennae? And of course, little ants… Note to self: If all your photographs [...] The leafcutter ants were busy in Tucson a few weeks ago. Check out this mound the ants had constructed. Most of the workers I saw were carrying clumps of dirt/pebbles. The worker dumped her load and then went back for more. The surface of the mound looks like a boulder field from the perspective of the ant. Harvester ants and [...] Yesterday I finally saw a Pheidole ant in Phoenix. Okay, so it was only one fast-moving soldier. You just can’t mistake the huge head of Pheidole soldiers. That’s why the common name is “big-headed ant.” I tried to follow it, but never did find the nest. It was neat to spot it because I have seen them regularly at [...] The ants are still active here, but I haven’t had much to report. In an effort to get back in the swing of things, I will be posting some short notes. Do you know what this is? I tipped over a rock near a Southern fire ant nest and found this cache of tiny seeds. It [...] |
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