Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Back 40 Lifestyles

Ants in the backyard. Click on this image to get a bigger version. They use the grooves in the concrete as their highway. They take soil particles spilled from my pots to build their little mounds in an otherwise concrete desert. They love it when I place a potted something or other over the grooves.

2 responses to “Back 40 Lifestyles”

  1. Those aren’t those overlord kind that get to lick honey off an aphid right?

    1. No, I don’t believe they are. Not sure what species, though.

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