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Have you discovered David Louis Quinn’s Pogolumina website yet? If you are interested in ants, Pogonomyrmex and/or photography, it is a must see. David’s new video Domain of the Thatching Ant, Part I is mesmerizing. Take a look: You know where I’ll be spending all my free time for the next few week, looking through all the [...] From the photo archives: You have probably heard all about the relationship of ants and peony flower buds. Peonies (Paeonia sp.) are small perennial shrubs that produce large, lovely flowers in the spring. The flower buds produce nectar via extrafloral nectaries, which attract ants. The ants chase off potential herbivores until the buds open. A simple story, [...] In addition to the Crematogaster from the last post, we encountered a number of interesting ants last weekend. Check out the lovely Formica. This worker was climbing up and down grass stalks. There were enough that I was able to follow them back to their nest. The workers were quite delicate for Formica ants. Look at those antennae! The nest entrance [...] |
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