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

https://youtube.com/shorts/B1OvPSw7egw?feature=share

I took the male alates out on the porch for a photoshoot and because I felt sorry for them.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/D-zd2t-c3WY

#antvideo #withnarration #ants #harvesterants #Pogonomyrmex #pogos #alates #flyingantday