Atta insularis, or bibijagua, is a special ant. I captured it in photographs today. (Today, its nests.)
Hello, how are you, friends? How is this beautiful community? Today I'm going to show you photos of some fascinating ants. They are known as Atta insularis or bibijagua ants. These fascinating ants can build nests that reach an astonishing height of up to 100 cm (or 1 m). This is just the outside of the nest. The inside can measure up to 5 m deep and an impressive 100 square meters. Yes, I know it seems a bit exaggerated, but these ants can create a huge number of tunnels, and all of these tunnels are divided into sections, such as growth and storage chambers for the young, and many more.
I would like to show you the photos, they are very interesting, I could not take the photos directly of the ants since they are as always spending time underground, they come out mostly at night around 12 or 9 at night and I took this photo at approximately 2 in the afternoon, that is why they are not found on the surface, also when they come out they can form trails or paths where they pass up to 100 meters or more, I have seen it with my own eyes, I have an almond plant near my house and when the harvest season comes they eat all the leaves of the almond plant and form these triyos.
In the first photo I'm showing you, I'd like to show you the mouth of an anthill. This one looks abandoned and isn't very tall.
In the second photo, we see a much larger nest, possibly up to 30 or 20 cm tall. This nest could contain life inside, in addition to several ants and possibly several nests. This nest is in a cherry tree, or so I know. The cherry tree I mentioned is the tree where they are found. This was one of the largest I found, but in addition to this one, I also found other large ones.
And finally I took several photographs of the largest anthill.
Friends, thank you very much for your attention. I really appreciate it. I hope you enjoyed the photos of these beautiful ants and their burrows, and that you also learned some interesting facts about them. That's all, these are today's photos. See you another day with more photos and interesting content, as always. This post was translated from Spanish to English using Google Translate.