Red ant rodeo

Lord Vetinari

Spotted this small caterpillar on the compost bin lid behaving rather oddly and then found it was being ridden by a red ant. had alternating bouts of the caterpillar remaining stationary, going for a walk and then thrashing about. This went on for over 40 minutes before both eventually disappeared (not sure who won).
Last shot is animated gif about 8 shots and may take a while to load.

Brian v.

80weeks

Just amazing shots!

Ambrola

Amazing Brian. I love the 5th shot. You are truly an artist with that camera.

jax

Terrific Brian, I Love these kind of shots! Amzing to see what a grip such a tiny ant has on the caterpillar...

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments all - appreciated.
Brian v.

BeardedChick

Wow, he does have that poor guy by the scruff of his, uhhh, neck? Whatever that is on caterpillers!

Nikonic1

BeardedChick wrote: »

Wow, he does have that poor guy by the scruff of his, uhhh, neck? Whatever that is on caterpillers!

Exactly what I was thinking. The ant looks like he's got one hell of a grip! Very well done images.

Lord Vetinari

Thanks BC and Matt for the comments - yes does seem to have a good grip - the animation does not exaggerate the speed the caterpillar moved at.
Brian v.