03 Nov 2025 FILM DIARY

I took a photo, of a large Funnel ant mound on the corner of a grass verge. It was the first time, since I initially videoed the mounds in 2001, that I have actually seen ants on them. The mound appeared after a weekend of thunder storms but not a lot of rain. There are eight Australian species in the genus out of a worldwide total of 200. I noticed winged individuals, which are male and female reproductive ants, entering the mound. You have to look carefully to see the three ants in the photo. They are only about 5 mm long.