Post B1tX7sfBedTpVCmdNo by sbourne@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #B1tU7t9bWxhNA4K5ke by sbourne@mastodon.social
2026-01-03T02:29:09Z
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@futurebird I took this video back in April with you in mind … and then proceeded to forget about it! Fortunately, I just came across it when tidying up last year's photos. These red and black ants are about a quarter inch long. The video is very short because some of their sisters thought I was WAY too close to their home 😂https://flic.kr/p/2r18KMB#ants
(DIR) Post #B1tU7uY6LMt7UKnAZc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-03T02:31:45Z
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@sbourne I love it!
(DIR) Post #B1tULf3QkWBxUE0Dh2 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-03T02:34:13Z
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@sbourne It's hard to say but I think these are formica, forest ants. Did they live in a mound of sticks and pine needles?
(DIR) Post #B1tX7rN4SVOXUjIeVU by sbourne@mastodon.social
2026-01-03T02:38:08Z
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@futurebird No, it's amongst blueberry bushes and grasses. There's a circle about 2 feet across of excavated clay soil dotted with their tunnel entrances. I've never seen sticks or pine needles anywhere near it.
(DIR) Post #B1tX7sfBedTpVCmdNo by sbourne@mastodon.social
2026-01-03T02:52:00Z
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@futurebird Here's a picture of where it is - lots of forest all around, so I guess that makes them forest ants one way or another haha!
(DIR) Post #B1tX7tgdqiEog0TJI0 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-03T03:05:21Z
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@sbourne They still could be one of the forest ants, just probably not one of the one who builds two meter high mounds.
(DIR) Post #B1tXYrO0VinzMOc2NM by sbourne@mastodon.social
2026-01-03T03:10:12Z
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@futurebird I see two types of big nests in this area: a large, flat circle like this one, and tall cones with rounded tops. The biggest cones I've seen are about 18 inches tall.