myrmepropagandist on Nostr: Finally someone I recognize at this crazy party! A big beautiful field ant! Though ...

Finally someone I recognize at this crazy party! A big beautiful field ant! Though she was missing a leg and clearly far from her colony. They have probably sealed the entrance for the winter by now. She’s an older worker. Sometimes they wander far from the nest in their twilight days as if to see a little bit of the world before they die.