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Ant Nest

Notes:

An ant nest under construction.Note the construction of the chambers and galleries in the nest .

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9 Comments

BrandonBlount
BrandonBlount 11 years ago

this could make for a Superb time lapse series ;-)

Atul
Atul 11 years ago

Absolutely right Brandon ! these nests are huge ,and this is just the beginning of a huge township :-)
maybe ill get one when its completely done .

BrandonBlount
BrandonBlount 11 years ago

Atul, that is very very cool! Quite the architectural engineers, great planning as well, they are building the nest in a tree that looks like it could be quite the deterrent to any would be predators. (the giant thorny spikes would keep me far enough away from the tree)!

Atul
Atul 11 years ago

Thanks Ava !

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

Wonderful spotting.

Atul
Atul 11 years ago

am trying to find out that , but surely some kind of black ants as seen in the pic
thank you satyen Maria and Viv

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 11 years ago

Great spotting Atul! Do you know what kind of ant would make a nest like this?

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

very cool; would never have suspected this was an ant nest!

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Fabulous!

Atul
Spotted by
Atul

Maharashtra, India

Spotted on May 6, 2012
Submitted on May 29, 2012

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