#antcore

"Dust carries the memory of extinct machines. We archive the decay, to decode what replaced life" - Earthpunk Protocol

Formicidae (ant)

Ants

Ants evolved from wasps in the Cretaceous Period. They're social insects and, like wasps, have a fertile queen with a few drone males. All the rest of the colony consists of infertile, female worker ants. Their society has a division of labor plus communication between individuals and they cooperate to build vast cities, right under your feet.

Ants don't pollinate flowers but they're very useful in distributing seeds. Like seed-eating birds, ants often drop seeds on their way back to the nest. True, most of the seeds are eaten by the ants but some survive. In the end, plants really appreciate the ants for finding new places for the next generation of flowers to grow.

Todays flowers in order of appearance:

Zinnia peruviana (Peruvian zinnia)

Fragaria x ananassa (garden strawberry)