Sometimes you get to tend your own #colony of #RedHarvesterAnt, and a few years later a bunch of reproductively active #alates might emerge to start new colonies elsewhere!
#biodiversity #eusocial #grassland
#colony #redharvesterant #alates #biodiversity #eusocial #grassland
A little more #phenology – from 3 March in #Stillwater, #Oklahoma. Some first flowers and a Harvester Ant!
#RedHarvesterAnt
#GreyFieldSpeedwell
#HairyBittercress
#VirginiaSpringBeauty
#phenology #stillwater #Oklahoma #redharvesterant #greyfieldspeedwell #hairybittercress #virginiaspringbeauty