Amazing Nature Contest: Thematic Challenge -#1/3/21

Google translate from Czech)

The meteorological spring began today in the northern hemisphere. With increasing outdoor temperature, many creatures wake up from hibernation.

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Greetings to all fans of Amazing Nature Community

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I guess I'm the first hedgehog to just wake up :-). On Saturday's walk, I met something that I thought was a suitable topic for the next thematic challenge.

The topic for this challenge is
Ants and their anthills
(Termites and their structures)

Your task will be:

• take a documentary photo
• try to determine the species of monitored ants (termites)
• write what you managed to find out about the construction of ants (termites)

And here is something for your inspiration

I often walk around this "small" anthill

And I always stop for a moment to watch its diligent inhabitants :-). They are forest ants (Formica rufa L.). The base of the anthill is usually an old stump in which the queen is hidden.

This anthill is a bit strange in that it uses a wire fence as a support. Ants usually build their habitats at the intersections of "earth lines". They use these energy places because they supply the power of their poison, which they need to defend and kill prey.

I know several places where there are more anthills at regular intervals. These anthill lines are oriented either from north to south or from east to west.
And I know an anthill that was destroyed by conservationists. In an effort to protect the anthill from running dogs, they built metal mesh posts around it. They changed the energy of the place and thus "destroyed" the ant colony.

I wish you many beautiful moments while watching diligent ants :-)

Reminder
Let me remind you that there is still an extraordinary Thematic Challenge - Over time.
Details can be found here and some details can be found here

If you are considering participating in this challenge, please read the following lines carefully.

Competition rules:

• Publish your contribution IN AN AMAZING NATURAL COMMUNITY. You can also use TAG #amazingnature if you want
• CLEARLY state that your entry is an ENTRY in this competition.
• All images must be your own. You can use an amazing nature banner if you like or you can create your own.
• In the TEXT Indicate why these pictures represent YOUR AMAZING NATURE. This is an ESSENTIAL part of this competition.
• Place a link to your post IN COMMENTARY. You can add an image if you want. It is NECESSARY because I have to publish a link in Discord on Sunday, 5 days later for voting and also for my own compilation purposes.
• The entry window is open ~ 5 DAYS. Pay attention to - CLOSED in the title. Pay attention to the time bar (PeakD)

Important!

• Only competition entries that correspond to the assigned topic will be included in this competition
• It is NOT possible to submit the main competition announced by the leader of the @adalger community and this thematic competition with one contribution. If this happens, such a contribution will not be included in the thematic competition.

Prizes to win:
1st: 3 HIVE
2nd: 2 HIVE
3rd: 1 HIVE
I will introduce all participants in the entry section of the announcements, which will be published about a week later on Tuesday (according to my schedule, this may change). This way you will have a nice compilation of all.

How are winners selected?
The entire DNA community will vote for the winners. That's why we created a special competition channel #challenge-entries in DNA Discord (Amazing Nature Contest). Here I will publish a post with the announcement including the winners (Announcement) EVERY MONDAY together with all your contributions (Contributions) EVERY SUNDAY. Each DNA member will be able to assign a "voting emoji" under the items for 24 HOURS. In the end, the lucky winners are three of them. In case of a draw, I will join as a judge.

Note: The above channels on the DNA discord are for voting only! Do not post links to your competition articles and photos here!

Clickable banner by @barbara-orenya


Amazing Nature Community regularly appreciates your articles and photos.
Therefore, pay attention

• a regular competition organized by the @adalger community leader
• Amazing Nature Curation articles written by @redheadpei, @nelinoeva and @tinta-tertuang community moderators
• news in the field of nature from the moderator @juanbg
• THEMATIC CHALLENGE from @bucipuci

The Amazing Nature Community team is pleased with your interest in nature and welcomes all ORIGINAL articles and photos. At the same time, however, he points out that there is no place in the community for PLAGIATES.

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