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p.1 #1 · Red ant rodeo riding

Spotted this small caterpillar on the compost bin lid behaving rather oddly and then found it was being ridden by a red ant. had alternating bouts of the caterpillar remaining stationary, going for a walk and then thrashing about. This went on for over 40 minutes before both eventually disappeared (not sure who won).

Last shot is animated gif about 8 shots and may take a while to load.

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Jul 29, 2010 at 07:24 AM

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p.1 #2 · Red ant rodeo riding

Very good detail!
I like animation too!

Sven

Jul 29, 2010 at 08:10 AM

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p.1 #3 · Red ant rodeo riding

Great stuff.

Mark

Jul 29, 2010 at 09:46 AM

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p.1 #4 · Red ant rodeo riding

woo hoo a Rodeo ant.Lol
The 2nd last pics a cracker!
Mel

Jul 29, 2010 at 10:08 AM

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p.1 #5 · Red ant rodeo riding

I love your little animation. That's one hell of a grip he's got going. Who won in the end?

Jul 29, 2010 at 10:37 AM

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p.1 #6 · Red ant rodeo riding

Thanks for the comments - must admit I'd not seen quite the same thing before.
The animation approximates to the real time speed. The caterpillar really was flicking about that fast.

Brian V.

Jul 29, 2010 at 11:11 AM

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p.1 #7 · Red ant rodeo riding

awesome

Jul 29, 2010 at 12:34 PM

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p.1 #8 · Red ant rodeo riding

That animation is great....series of photos is incredible. Amazing detail to see him actually biting and hanging on.

Jul 29, 2010 at 01:27 PM

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p.1 #9 · Red ant rodeo riding

excellent series

Jul 29, 2010 at 02:44 PM

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p.1 #10 · Red ant rodeo riding

Terrific! That bin lid gave you a great background, too.

Jul 29, 2010 at 04:41 PM

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p.1 #11 · Red ant rodeo riding

The 3rd one really shows the ants grip very interesting series

Jul 29, 2010 at 09:31 PM

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p.1 #12 · Red ant rodeo riding

Thanks for the comments everybody appreciated.
Almost expected to see a little queue of red ants waiting their turn

Brian v.

Jul 30, 2010 at 06:07 AM


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