When
I was a lad, I was fascinated by Ants. All that organised
activity and the mounds of earth moved when making a nest.
Later, I discovered large wood ants in a forest near
London. Then later still while on holiday in Italy, I
found some large jet black ants with big heads.
As
you can imagine, curiosity got the better of me, and I decided
to keep a few ants to study them more closely. I grabbed a
handful of wood ants (formica rufus), twigs and earth, put them
in a large laboratory glass vacuum bowl and bingo, overnight
they built nest. The folks were not too pleased and my
mates thought I was crazy.
Nelson
Kruschandl - Watch insects working
they
are amazing machines
But
what fun. Now, wood ants are quite dangerous. Their bite
is deep, and worse, they inject you with formic acid - which
really stings. See the Ant page for more on
this...................
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