Friday 7 August 2015

Food Mines of the Red Ants

I was wondering why this tree has so many ants, busily moving up and down the tree daily.  There must be sufficient food to feed them. Finally, after the tree fell, I discovered the tree produced thousands of light green buds on the sides of the upper branches, which were likely the food mines of the ant colonies. Some ants were still loitering around the green buds after the tree fell.




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