...when I disappeared to Argentina recently, I was with my wife.
Here she is, collecting ants in the mountains near Tafà de Valle:
photo details: Canon 17-40mm f4.0 L lens on a Canon EOS 20D
ISO 400, 1/250 sec, f11.0, with circular polarizer & gradient filter
on-camera fill flash
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...is to add an actual human.
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If the ants stopped putting those little flagpoles up, those pesky researchers wouldn't find them so easily ;-)
Hello wife! Nice to meet you!
Norwegica: Ants should use white flags to surrender to humans. ;)