Donna Young @ 30 August 2008
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Revisiting the Milkweed
I don't know why milkweed is not called buckets of syrup. The little flowers look like buckets. Ants climb all over the blooms, even at night! I'm not sure they ever stop! Why stop when you've hit the mother load! In this photograph, liquid is visible in one of the buckets. Is it dew? Is it nectar? I don't know, I didn't try to taste it. =p And I don't speak ant.
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These are the foragers of their ant hill...they go out to get the food and bring it back to their home :) The scout ant goes out to find the food and leaves a trail of its pharamones, so the foragers can find their way to the food :)
I’ve messed with ant trails a few times in the distant past to see what they would do. They would initially appear confused but reorganized quickly. Ants are interesting to watch.