It finally rained in Arizona. But last week, before it rained, I chased out a bunch of Camponotus festinatus by watering the front yard with a hose.
Cool, there are males with the workers.
Males are usually dark colored, so it was interesting to see golden yellow ones.
In my haste to get a few photographs. I didn’t really notice the other ants around the males.
Like that really big soldier. What’s up with her?
Once I was back inside and the ants had retreated I downloaded the photographs and took a look. Hum, wing-scars on the alitrunk.
Blame it on the heat…
For more about Camponotus festinatus, see this previous post.
Have you ever missed the obvious while shooting photographs?
Some of my best discoveries were made in front of the computer while looking at photos I had just taken. Can’t do without my digital camera. Beautiful color on those ants.
Glad to hear I am not the only one.
I know what you mean about your camera. I’m nervous because mine started making weird clicking noises yesterday.