Do not be fooled by the cute visage of this weaver ant. Alone, they seem just so. Cute, curious, cautious. Sniffing around, looking for new sources of food, for old pheromone-trail highways to its nest. Weaver ants are ruthless imperialists, as I slowly learned. Do wait for more on these fascinating, but frighteningly efficient insects.
For now, do watch this: An intriguing video on the mega-cities that ants build.
Metadata Canon Powershot G11. ISO 80. f/2.8 at 1/8 second. Edited using Picasa 3.8 and Adobe Photoshop CS5.
Taken in December 2010 at my workplace in Bommasandra, Bangalore, India.
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