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Post by Wood~Ant on May 9, 2017 17:00:23 GMT
Today I made 6 videos of my local wood ants, here are the first 3 showing winged males and females out warming themselves in the early May sunshine.
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Post by andavane on May 9, 2017 17:46:42 GMT
It's incredible, seeing so much activity this early! Lucky you for the sun you had, so gloomy here in East Anglia. Did you speed the videos up a bit? The ant activity looks very fast  |
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Post by jeoff82 on May 9, 2017 18:50:51 GMT
Nice videos wood. Will be down new forest in early June so hopefully will see some myself.
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Post by Jenny on May 9, 2017 20:15:01 GMT
No we haven't speeded the film up, they are naturally that fast in the warm sun. This sandy heathland area, is near the Cowdray Polo grounds just outside Midhurst in Sussex. It's a vast area that becomes a baked sun trap, even more so as we seem to be having summer weather at the moment. The New Forest is an excellent place to see them to, I am just wary of taking the dogs down there now, with it being an "Alabama Rot" area that has caused a few deaths. Only about 40 mins from here it is good for ant spotting |
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Post by Wood~Ant on May 9, 2017 23:11:41 GMT
Nice videos wood. Will be down new forest in early June so hopefully will see some myself. Bolderwood drive has a forest track with some big nest mounds. |
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