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Photos of ants on a wire

Started By OhNoNotAgain , Jun 19 2020 4:09 PM

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#1 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted June 19 2020 - 4:09 PM

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Not my photos. At first I thought these were like a version of the cute "jumping spider wearing a water droplet hat" thing, but no, this is much more cool and just as cute. Photos by Analiza Daran De Guzman. (Link came via Facebook.)

https://themindunlea...smartphone.html

P.S. If you haven't seen jumping spiders wearing a water drop, just google.

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#2 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted June 19 2020 - 6:23 PM

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I would like to know how she managed to take those photos with a mere smart phone lens.

Edited by AntsDakota, June 19 2020 - 6:25 PM.

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#3 Offline gcsnelling - Posted June 20 2020 - 3:06 AM

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Nothing cool or creative about these.

#4 Offline Temperateants - Posted June 20 2020 - 6:15 AM

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Very nice!

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#5 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted June 20 2020 - 7:01 AM

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Nothing cool or creative about these.

I believe the ‘incredible’ part is that they were supposedly taken with a normal smart phone camera lens. But I agree that there is better ant photography out there, even on this forum.

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Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

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Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#6 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted June 20 2020 - 7:14 AM

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Nothing cool or creative about these.

Salty old man....

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#7 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted June 20 2020 - 8:32 AM

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Ah, okay, sorry to be uninteresting. :facepalm: I haven't seen ants carrying water droplets before. And yes, given this person was doing this at home, with a phone, I think these are pretty cool. And anyway, I like nice photographs of ants doing ant things. Sorry for sharing reasonably nice photos of ants doing ant things on an ant forum. :facepalm: Yes, I have seen Alex Wild's photography, but so have you and so has almost everyone else. And yes, he's still the go-to source for professional ant photographs for me.

Edited by OhNoNotAgain, June 20 2020 - 8:34 AM.

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#8 Offline gcsnelling - Posted June 20 2020 - 9:20 AM

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My issue is that these photos are almost certainly setup and manipulated, ants do not normally carry water droplets externally. Any h2o is generally ingested for transport. My guess is that the ants were put in place and sprayed lightly with a water bottle. For example the ant holding the droplet over its head is actually inverted as are the images of the ants carrying any heavy object over their heads.This is a similar scenario to all the frogs doing things photos. I am also not convinced these were taken with a phone.

Edited by gcsnelling, June 20 2020 - 9:29 AM.