The Picture Thread X... marks the spot.

[RJDiogenes]

more pond action...

That's great. I love the guy peeking out from under the leave.

Carpenter ants going to wing this morning.

Aww, they've only just begun.

[Madeliaette]

Looks like you have a salamander in there.

oh...i thought they were newts!

[Lupine]

Carpenter ants going to wing this morning.

Aww, they've only just begun.

Looks like you have a salamander in there.

oh...i thought they were newts!

Same thing.

[scottydog]

I'm not used to seeing ants with wings. What's up with that?

[Madeliaette]

flying ants happen every so often here too - im not sure if its a once a year event i sometimes miss or a stage that happens less often....

[Lupine]

I'm not used to seeing ants with wings. What's up with that?

Breeding. Males and females are hatched out with wings, then they fly off to mate. The males die soon after and the females (queens) lose their wings and start a new colony.

[RJDiogenes]

I'm not used to seeing ants with wings. What's up with that?

Haven't you ever seen Them?

[scottydog]

Breeding. Males and females are hatched out with wings, then they fly off to mate. The males die soon after and the females (queens) lose their wings and start a new colony.

Cool. I didn't know that.

Haven't you ever seen Them?

You mean that classic true-to-life story about the atomic tests in New Mexico that cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization?

I had forgotten that one. Now I need to re-watch

[Lupine]

^It's a great film.

I'm not used to seeing ants with wings. What's up with that?

Haven't you ever seen Them?

Back when horror movies were also educational.

[RJDiogenes]

I had forgotten that one. Now I need to re-watch

It's definitely a B+ Monster movie.

Back when horror movies were also educational.

Perhaps I should write Everything I Need To Know, I Learned From B-Movies.

[scottydog]

I'm in the mood to watch an educational film about blobs.
.

[RJDiogenes]

He does look a bit chocolatey.

[scottydog]

Exactly. If the Blob were known to be solid chocolate, no one would try to kill it.

[Madeliaette]

looks like a giant fruit jelly to me.....

[Lupine]

"Jelly was no longer going to play second fiddle to peanut butter... and the world was going to know it!