Australia, Northern Territories

07.02.2011 14:37, Ele-W

Such "drawings" are left on the rocks when heavy rains wash away the nests of wild wasps.



Robyn Falls, NT, Australia. January.

07.02.2011 14:38, Ele-W

Someone had built something in a crack in the rock. Not washed away, but I do not know what it is.



Robyn Falls, NT, Australia. January.

07.02.2011 14:44, Ele-W

And now there will be ants.

1. Some small ants drag their prey along a bare rock. The temperature of the stone was "not to touch", the air temperature was +38 (in the shade).





Nitmiluk National Park, Katherine Gorge, NT, Australia. January.

07.02.2011 14:47, Ele-W

2. Green tree ant Oecophylla smaragdina in the "lower forest" at the foot of the rocks.



Nitmiluk National Park, Katherine Gorge, NT, Australia. January.

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07.02.2011 14:53, Ele-W

3. Green tree ant Oecophylla smaragdina living in deciduous forest on rocks.



Robyn Falls, NT, Australia. January.

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07.02.2011 16:48, Ele-W

4. Night life of ants.

I was hunting for night spiders and, to my surprise, I came across ants. A few fairly ordinary reds, and one very large one. They were looking for something together, running away from time to time, then getting together again, communicating, and then running away again. I crawled after them until I got tired, it's very hard to shoot, they are small and constantly moving.

This is an ordinary ant.

07.02.2011 16:52, Ele-W

07.02.2011 16:53, Ele-W

Big on its own.

07.02.2011 16:56, Ele-W

07.02.2011 16:57, Ele-W

Katherine Low Level, NT, Australia. January.

07.02.2011 17:00, Ele-W

That's all for today. Tomorrow I'll bring a small dragonfly and a strange praying mantis. And lots of night spiders. There are an awful lot of them, even opening a folder is scary.

07.02.2011 17:23, Tigran Oganesov

I sense that you are still using something other than Tamron Rings or a macro lens?

07.02.2011 17:59, Ele-W

I sense that you are still using something other than Tamron Rings or a macro lens?

No, nothing but Tamron, which is a macro lens in itself. Some full - frame, 66, 80, and 100% crop images

07.02.2011 19:37, Jaguar paw

07.02.2011 20:36, Zlopastnyi Brandashmyg

Fillies, probably, again.

Katherine Low Level, NT, Australia. January.

Yes, these are locusts in the broadest sense of the word. Maybe the PVO will come in and determine

07.02.2011 20:37, Zlopastnyi Brandashmyg

07.02.2011 22:06, PVOzerski

08.02.2011 5:24, Dracus

08.02.2011 7:55, Ele-W

Goosebumps like Iridomyrmex sp. I can't determine the exact type, but IMHO it looks like Iridomyrmex reburrus.

I looked - it looks like it! We have Meat Ants (Iridomyrmex sanguineus (red) and Iridomyrmex reburrus. It looks like both, I don't know how to tell the difference.

08.02.2011 7:58, Ele-W

And there were no termites?

Six months ago, there were some bad photos of termites. And now it's raining - all the termite mounds are tightly sealed, as soon as it dries up, I'm going to go to the bush for "pins" separately, I looked for places away from tourists, where termites are not afraid.

08.02.2011 7:59, Ele-W

08.02.2011 8:01, Ele-W

The photos are really gorgeous.

Thank you.

08.02.2011 8:14, Ele-W

  
URL #866-Definitely from Catantopinae, but I don't know more specifically.

The picture looks like Slender Gumleaf Grasshopper - Goniaea vocans Family Acrididae

I saw a similar filly with the same name from a local photographer. But to me, they're all similar.

08.02.2011 8:18, Ele-W

Very small and fussy dragonfly, found in the deciduous shady forest near the stream.

Male Nososticta baroalba. ©





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08.02.2011 8:18, Ele-W

Robyn Falls, NT, Australia. January.

08.02.2011 9:45, Jaguar paw

08.02.2011 11:11, Ele-W

Yes, they are very similar. As far as I understand from what I read, the main (and almost the only difference) is that reburrus has a larger number of bristles on its head. Here is the link http://anic.ento.csiro.au/ants/biota_detai...x?BiotaID=35856 and below the photos.

sanguineus

reburrus

Mine are quite bald compared to the examples.

08.02.2011 11:15, Ele-W

08.02.2011 14:12, Ele-W

Female praying mantis Gyromantis kraussii Sauss.







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08.02.2011 14:14, Ele-W

Robyn Falls, NT, Australia. January.

08.02.2011 15:16, Alexandr Zhakov

08.02.2011 15:55, Ele-W

Yes.

Good! And then I was already mentally prepared for the fact that it could again turn out to be some intricate grasshopper.

08.02.2011 16:03, Ele-W

Knee-deep in water, the animal runs away from the photographer.

08.02.2011 16:04, Ele-W

The photographer stubbornly crawls on all fours next to him, puffing, clicking and flashing the flash.

08.02.2011 16:05, косинус

08.02.2011 16:06, Ele-W

It was very dark there, the little animal was beautiful and I really didn't want to let it out without capturing it well.

08.02.2011 16:20, Ele-W

And then the terrible thing began. That is, at first it was not very scary, a "sausage" came out of the animal and I decided that it empties the intestines so that it would be more convenient to run. But the size of the one coming out shocked me, at some point I decided "maybe it's a sting and now it's kaaaak!..", and then I completely got into my head shots from some space horror movies with alien monsters...

08.02.2011 16:25, Ele-W

When IT fell off, before I could exhale, the forest heard me squeal. Even the mantis shuddered.

08.02.2011 16:27, Dracus

08.02.2011 16:33, Ele-W

This huge thing that had fallen off from the little animal was MOVING! It wriggled and bounced and acted like it was alive. Shhh...