Photo 35386141, (c) mfeaver, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by mfeaver

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Associated observations

Photos / Sounds

What

Skull-collecting Ant (Formica archboldi)

Observer

mfeaver

Date

April 21, 2019 11:08 AM EDT

Description

The photos in sequence after the first (which was selected out of sequence to show full image). Single ant struggles with what looks like the head of a dead flower with an imbedded seed. Pushing the larger than ant object, she veers near and then far from the opening to the nest. At another pass toward the hole, a second ant joins it and they manage to get it closer to the hole. At which point a third, and possibly 4th ant joins them and they successfully get it down the hole.

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