A very neat ant nest
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (364963)
Rockingham, Australia
October 26, 2025 7:32am CST
All sorts of things in the natural world interest me and I spotted this ant nest while we were camping at Baladjie Rock. It seems the leaves are brought to the nest by the ants as the trees that have these types of leaves are not so close by that the leaves could get there through being blown by the wind.
It’s a very neat nest. I’d love to know more about the inhabitants and how they create such a home.
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@DaddyEvil (160421)
• United States
26 Oct
Wow! Those would have to be some really large ants!
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@DaddyEvil (160421)
• United States
26 Oct
@porwest Eat you, sting you or poison you in some way, I agree... 
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@JudyEv (364963)
• Rockingham, Australia
19h
@DaddyEvil @porwest Excuse me, don't you read my posts? Let me reiterate - no cougars, no bears, no skunks, no bobcats, no bisons, no moose (meese? ), no rattlesnakes - I think I'll stay here, thank you. 
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@LadyDuck (485861)
• Italy
26 Oct
It's a neat and quite large nest. The ants are smart little animals. They stole all the blue granules I had put outside to kill the lugs. I took a video when I noticed all the granules aligned in circles and I knew I never did something like that.
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@Tampa_girl7 (53649)
• United States
27 Oct
I have never seen an ant hill like tnis before. The entrance is huge.
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@Tampa_girl7 (53649)
• United States
13h
@JudyEv It looks like they are large ants with such a big opening. I can’t imagine being bitten by one.
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@JudyEv (364963)
• Rockingham, Australia
12h
@Tampa_girl7 I'm sorry now I didn't hang around till I saw one.
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@RasmaSandra (90299)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Oct
Wow it surely is the ants have some large ant mansion there,
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@RasmaSandra (90299)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
5h
@JudyEv among ant colonies this is probably a rich one and counts as a mansion
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@JudyEv (364963)
• Rockingham, Australia
Just now
If we're ever there again, I'll poke it with a stick! lol
For something so small, they're very aggressive.
@snowy22315 (197953)
• United States
26 Oct
Very carefully I assume, with attention to detail.
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@JudyEv (364963)
• Rockingham, Australia
19h
Some ants are very vicious. I hope you didn't get bitten.
@LindaOHio (204494)
• United States
15h
I hate ants with a passion. Very interesting nest; but they give me the creepy crawlies.
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@JudyEv (364963)
• Rockingham, Australia
14h
For such tiny creatures, they can have a nasty bite too.
