ANTSTORE World of Ants

von **CapitalO** » 7. Mär 2008 21:43

I got some really nice shots over this past week (spring break). I thought I would share a few

Beautiful weather!!

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Poor latitude can make for a nice pic sometimes

Copperhead

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Its hard to tell from this pic, but this fire ant mound is 2m + across and about a half meter tall. I stomped on the ground about a meter away from the mound and 10 seconds later it was covered by thousands of fire ants... nasty things.

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My bike

A really nice cypress tree on a trail I ride. I was shooting into the sun so it looks a bit washed out.

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The 'double diamonds' here in Charleston.

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Lunar eclipse; the moon had a bizarre red/orange hue.

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A queen in my formicarium.

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playing around with a reverse lens

A very very nice paludarium!

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I don't know what kind of bird this is.. very pretty though.

I hope someone got a kick out of these

von **darradar** » 7. Mär 2008 22:05

wowzers nature shots, yes capitolo i did getta kick out of these, seeing others members surrounding countryside is amazing to see, amazing queen ant too, nice set up you have there, show us some more of thoat please.... oh and that last bird, its from the coot family... :wink:

von **CapitalO** » 7. Mär 2008 23:52

darradar: I created a thread a while back when I first set up the formicarium. Ive been waiting for spring to arrive so I can catch a queen from a nuptial flight (can't buy/ship ants here in the US). I put two winged queens and a winged male into the formicarium about 4 months ago. One of the queens recently dropped her wings, although I don't know if she mated or not. Anyway, the formicarium still looks pretty much the same... I posted the pics in this thread: http://www.antstore.net/viewtopic.php?t=6749

von **darradar** » 7. Mär 2008 23:58

forgive me im a bit slow, its my age.... :lol:

thanks il look at it now :wink:

von **Necturus** » 8. Mär 2008 01:03

I'm impressed!
Thanks for sharing them with us.
Necturus

von **JimmyVe** » 8. Mär 2008 19:26

Really great pictures CapitalO. Looks like a nice place where you live. It would surprise me if the queen is fertilized without a decent mating flight, but nothing is impossible.