Mushrooms and Ant
These mushrooms have suddenly appeared in our back yard. I’m hoping they are growing on the roots of the tree that came down in the summer of 2010.
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Mushrooms and Ant
Categories: Creatures, Flowers and Plants
Tags: Ant, Basidiomycete, Insect, Insects, Mushroom, Mushrooms
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Ant
Ant
I took some pictures of flowers and plants in the back yard this evening. I had gotten down onto the ground to see if I could get a good picture of a syrphid fly on an allium flower. I got a few pictures but they weren’t as sharp as I would have liked. Then I noticed this ant on another allium and got a handful of pictures of it. They aren’t all that sharp, either, but will have to do, because I didn’t really get anything better. I’m pretty happy with the framing of this picture and the exposure, but the focus isn’t that great. In my defense, this little fellow was moving around quite a bit and the light was starting to wane a little.
Categories: Creatures
Tags: Aculeata, Ant, Formicidae, Formicoidea, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Insects, Macro
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Carpenter Ant (Camponotus castaneus)
Carpenter Ant (Camponotus castaneus)
I came across this carpenter ant (Camponotus castaneus) in the yard today. I wasn’t sure I’d be able to get an identification on this ant. BugGuide.net says, about carpenter ants (Genus Camponotus), “This is one of the most species-rich ant genera, with perhaps 1000 species World-wide.” Nevertheless, it was identified. These are pests, of course, if they get into structures or valuable trees but they are fairly ubiquitous on almost the entire globe (only excluding the polar regions). They’re pretty things, like most insects, however.
Categories: Creatures
Tags: Ant, Camponotus, Camponotus castaneus, Carpenter Ant, Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insect, Insecta
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