There are a couple of ant hills at the edge of the woods near my home. They, the ants, are huge. I laid down a piece of white paper and dumped a package of raw sugar on it, set up my camera, and waited, but not for long. They came, and within less than an hour, every granule of sugar had been gathered and hauled away. I now have about a million friends at the edge of the woods.

Fantastic shot and wonderfully creative!!

Birdie

birdied wrote:
Fantastic shot and wonderfully creative!!

Birdie

Thank you, Roberta. You are very kind.

spectacular. A few very good and very different pictures this week, already.

Wow, this is a great one! Good luck!

smallrewards wrote:
spectacular. A few very good and very different pictures this week, already.

Many thanks!

Mado wrote:
Wow, this is a great one! Good luck!

Thank you, Mado.

Mr. Robert,

Regimented little things, kind of Borg like.
Always enjoy seeing your entries, well done as usual.


Dan.

Well done!

hihi very nice capture relms

very creative, and risky image Robert...wouldn't want to make friends with the ants...but maybe if you bribe them with sugar outside, they will stay outside.

hopes2 wrote:
Mr. Robert,

Regimented little things, kind of Borg like.
Always enjoy seeing your entries, well done as usual.


Dan.

Dan, they are, indeed, very regimented, hard-working and persistent. It was interesting to watch them discover this new-found treasure, organize the work party, and then gather every last granule. There are lessons to be learned from watching them.

gregfountain wrote:
Well done!

Thank you!

robert829 wrote:
hihi very nice capture relms

Thank you for your comments. Glad you like it.

Travis Rhoads wrote:
very creative, and risky image Robert...wouldn't want to make friends with the ants...but maybe if you bribe them with sugar outside, they will stay outside.

Travis, I received only one bite, and that was before they discovered that I had brought sugar.

Kind of a fun one ... just so long as my wife wouldn't see it.

Great idea Robert! Excellent shot

RustyBug wrote:

Kind of a fun one ... just so long as my wife wouldn't see it.

There was always the risk that they might have some volunteers follow me back to the kitchen, but that does not seem to have been the case.

Vipermike wrote:
Great idea Robert! Excellent shot


Thank you, Mike.

A clever and successful experiment resulting in an unique and fascinating capture.