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Look what the rain brought

@JudyEv (382312)

Rockingham, Australia

March 31, 2026 3:41am CST

A few days ago, we had three inches of rain over the course of a night and the following day. This was a consequence of cyclone Narelle travelling down the west coast and bringing a lot of destruction as it went. Thankfully, we just copped a lot of rain. When I went outside next morning, I found this pretty pattern on the patio pavers. It looked like flower petals at first, but the white and yellow heaps are tiny piles of sand. I guess the foundation underneath consists of both white and yellow sand. There is no sign of any ants so I don’t really know what has caused these. They are only on the pavers that are under the roof or under the eaves. I guess I’ll need to go out soon and sweep away the pretty patterns.

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@rebelann (117251)

• El Paso, Texas

31 Mar

I thought I was looking at teeny flowers and in one place it looked like an ant hill, for those tiny ants.

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@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Mar

At first glance, I thought they were flower petals too.

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@LadyDuck (502622)

• Italy

31 Mar

I am sure this has been caused by ANTS! You cannot see them, but they dig inside throwing out the sand. They did this all the time where we lived in Switzerland. I had bought a powder and filled the little round holes with the powder.

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@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Mar

I'm glad I can't see any ants. Good that they haven't got into the house.

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@LadyDuck (502622)

• Italy

1 Apr

@JudyEv - Pour something in the holes to prevent the ants to get out from there.

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@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Apr

@LadyDuck Good idea. Thanks.

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@DaddyEvil (174589)

• United States

31 Mar

I thought it was flowers blooming at first, too. It's pretty, whatever caused it.

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@DaddyEvil (174589)

• United States

31 Mar

@JudyEv I'd be worried the ants will come inside.

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@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Mar

It does look pretty - and interesting that it's two colours.

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@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Apr

@DaddyEvil I haven't seen any sign of ants but I've been keeping an eye out for them.

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@wolfgirl569 (135847)

• Marion, Ohio

31 Mar

It does look like flowers.

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@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Mar

I thought it was frangipani petals blown off.

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@rakski (156511)

• Philippines

31 Mar

Looks like the ants made those

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@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Mar

Yes, I think so.

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@rakski (156511)

• Philippines

1 Apr

@JudyEv oh my, they are my frenemies right now.

It's summer here so expectedly they will be around.

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@xFiacre (14786)

• Ireland

31 Mar

@JudyEv I was at school in Malawi with a girl called Narelle from Dampier. Thanks for conjuring yet another bout of nostalgia.

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@xFiacre (14786)

• Ireland

31 Mar

@JudyEv Yes that’s the one. Her father was a technical instructor like mine.

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@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Mar

My pleasure! I guess you mean Dampier in Australia? Any idea what her family were doing there?

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@AmbiePam (120913)

• United States

10 Apr

That’s so cool. I thought they were flowers.

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@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Apr

At first, they looked like flowers to me.

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@ptrikha_2 (49766)

• India

31 Mar

They really looked like small flowers. Heavy rain would have meant a lot of disruption to the daily life.

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@ptrikha_2 (49766)

• India

2 Apr

@JudyEv Yes that is a big plus ! It must be getting quite cold in your place?

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@ptrikha_2 (49766)

• India

3 Apr

@JudyEv So it is more of an Autumn weather !

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@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Apr

We were lucky as we didn't need to go out in the rain.

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@RasmaSandra (98026)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

31 Mar

Nature is an artist, Looks interesting,

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@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Apr

I haven't seen an ant. I guess they've all gone underground again.

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@Traceyjayne (11413)

• United Kingdom

31 Mar

Yep, I thought the same as others ….pretty flowers …then ….definitely ants !

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@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Apr

I love the two colours. So much prettier than just one.

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@sathviksouvik (23251)

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1 Apr

at the first look they appear like flowers

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@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Apr

That's true and that's what I thought they were.

@thelme55 (79323)

• Germany

31 Mar

I thought they are flowers.

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@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Apr

That was my thought too.

@LindaOHio (222610)

• United States

31 Mar

Looks like ants to me.

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@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Mar

I think you're right. They have all the appearance of ant's nests.

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@pitsipeahie (5758)

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31 Mar

Whatever that is, they're pretty, like nature's work of art.

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@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Mar

Mother Nature does a great job of providing us with pretty things.

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@BarBaraPrz (51834)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

31 Mar

They do look like flowers. We got a lot of rain last night, along with some sheet lightning and grumbles... nothing dramatic. But we're still getting rain today.

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@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Mar

Our rain has moved on now but the weather is definitely getting a bit colder.

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