You can't quite tell from here, but some just look downright ferocious, like this monster.

Is it just me or do ants work in mysterious and wondrous ways?  From out of nowhere, they’ll find the food you neglected to clean up in time and bring their whole clan over to enjoy the feast.  It’s amazing to me how quickly they can locate food when from the looks of their trail, it certainly was nowhere near their point of origin.  Those scouts certainly do their jobs well!  Of course, nobody’s perfect and there are times that food goes gloriously unnoticed by them, though it seems that more often than not, they’ll get the prize.

It’s also crazy how they manage to sneak up on me when I wasn’t paying attention so food goes from clean to infested in about two seconds flat.  How do they do that?!  It’s unbelievably efficient.  If only humans could communicate so quickly and effectively.  Think of the things we could do if everyone knew what was going on just like that!  Similarly, they dissipate into thin air just as effortlessly, making me wonder where they hide when they no longer follow the trail.  They’re like ninjas, mysteriously falling into the background, ready to attack at the next opportunity.

I can’t help but marvel at these little creatures and their capacity for survival as a whole.  There are so many of them, they’re great at finding food and sharing the news quickly, and they can also scatter with due speed when it appears the food source is gone or there is danger ahead.  I’ve also spent quite some time noticing the different types out there, from the large black ones to the small brown ones and some flying ones here and there.  Ants are a diverse species and very well adapted to survive in almost any context (barring underwater), which is what makes them such great household pests.  The same goes for cockroaches, spiders, mosquitoes – but none can beat the sheer numbers and capability for teamwork that ants have!