Not for busy people;) A condenser microphone recording the soundscape of red wooden ants (Formica rufa) inside their nest - 18/6/2011 - in our backyard in Makholma.
A Holotna recording by Jan Eerala, Makholma Finland.
(Canon 500D, 70-200/4, sound Sennheiser MKE 400)
Not for busy people;) A condenser microphone recording the soundscape of red wooden ants (Formica rufa) inside their nest - 18/6/2011 - in our backyard in Makholma.
A Holotna recording by Jan Eerala, Makholma Finland.
(Canon 500D, 70-200/4, sound Sennheiser MKE 400)
Deep in the Peruvian rainforest plants share a special symbiotic relationship with ants.
Melastomataceae is a species of herbaceous plants and small trees found in tropical areas.
Some species (genus Maieta) have distinctive hollow swellings at the base of each leaf that are covered with thick white hairs.
The bases of the plant develop saclike outgrowths that serve as shelters for ants, which enter them through two small holes on the lower surface.…
An ant tastes a droplet of honey and the bounty is distributed throughout the nest.
Filmed through a 100mm f2.8 macro lens on a Canon EOS 7d at 60 fps and slowed to 24 fps.
Music by Franz Schubert, performed by Randolph Hokanson.
Excerpt from the National Geographic Explorer film Fire Ants: Texas Border Massacre about the invasive red fire ants (Solenopsis invicta). In this sequence the fire ants use their rafting behavior to survive a flood that would have otherwise killed the colony.
In 2005 I worked on this documentary as the camera assistant to award winning wildlife cinematographer Alastair MacEwen.
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