Heavenly Tahoe

At Lake Tahoe this week and discovered it is an ant lover’s paradise.  You literally cannot walk across the street without coming across dozens of ant hills.  And there are some species here you just don’t see in such abundance back home and some you don’t see at all.  Such as this lovely lady we captured during lunch one day.  We were at the top of Heavenly village’s gondola ride about 9000 feet up and there she was on the patio.  Had to take her.  Not sure if she’ll survive as it’s REALLY hard to take proper care on vacation, but I am hopeful.   So we called her Heavenly based on where we found her.  Here she is:

 

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2 Responses to “Heavenly Tahoe”

  1. the messenger Says:

    camponotus p.
    black carpenter ant i think
    nice pic and blog i`ll be here in the future …

    the messenger

  2. ptantfan Says:

    Thanks messenger,

    I’m glad to have your feedback.

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