The End of a Proud Race

It was a sad day...

Remember my An Ant's Life Pose?? Well few weeks ago I went back to see and found out that they have built more nest, they had around 4-5 nest altogether... wow~ then if you shook the nest a bit, then a whole bunch of them would run out of the nest, each one covering the whole nest and standing in a defense position... wow... that would've be a great picture to take, so I came back last week to wanna photograph them...
To my shock... they were all dead, those in the nest, those on the trees, they just lay there not moving, poke them a bit... oh my... they were dead 0.0

Must've been the pest control people came and spray the whole place end up killing all of them in the process.... Nooooooo....

Ahhh... there goes my opportunity for a beautiful picture..
It IS kinda sad though... seeing some of them holding on to one another even in death, some even trying to protect the nest, some hiding alone and dying alot.. hmm... it's not a pretty sight to see

After looking at them and feeling emo about it.... WAIT!! What's that!??!?!
There is still one ant alive??? 0.0

It went around, touching the dead ants... and ended up proceeding to the main nest..
And it went inside (left side of picture)

I tried to peek inside the nest, can't really see anything much... but I can feel that this little ant is trying to rebuild his community... hmmm

A New Hope Perhaps?? =)

Of course after going back I dropped my lens so its... arrrgh.... -_-"

Either way... the next day while I was wanting to go back my church after college, church member found this on his car... woah? 0.0
So much red ants still alive?? And wait!! See those little white things in the center?? Those are eggs just hatching 0.0
Ants gathering around and celebrating the birth of those little ants hatching out from the eggs.... hmmm wow.... seems to be a new start for them~ haha this kinda feels like a movie, but hey it's happening right in front of you!! =)

Maybe weeks later I'd be seeing the ants nest rebuilt and increased 500 times more~ that would be wonderful, but also scary if they bite me =.=

Red ants are interesting... but hopefully I don't end up become an ant photographer... scared they bite me =P
Either way... work hard red ants!! Will visit you all again soon =)