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Look what I found today

Started By Serafine , Feb 19 2017 5:10 PM

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#1 Offline Serafine - Posted February 19 2017 - 5:10 PM

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Southern Germany at about 10°C.
 
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They are awake! (sort of)
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#2 Offline Martialis - Posted February 19 2017 - 5:38 PM

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Nice find! Honestly I'm curious about that fish-looking item in the third picture.


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#3 Offline Serafine - Posted February 20 2017 - 1:02 AM

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I didn't even notice that. Looks like a dead bird.
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#4 Offline CrazyLegs - Posted February 20 2017 - 4:11 AM

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Keen eye for ants, not so much for dead birds.  :) 


#5 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted February 20 2017 - 5:15 AM

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Awesome! I'm hoping to find some Formica mounds like that as soon as temps warm up.

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#6 Offline Serafine - Posted February 25 2017 - 5:28 PM

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So today I revisited the hill and wow they were busy...

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They were either raiding another colony or cleaning out a nest that didn't make it through the winter as the workers constantly carried in dead ants for hours (but no brood):

 

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I gave them some sugar water and they liked it:

 

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There also was another colony (actually there was a colony like every 5 meters) who took the "wood ant" thing quite literally:

 

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