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oh gosh and now someone else has landed on my knee. “Do you remember bee?” she asked.

I didn’t expect this walk alone in the woods to be such a social event. Who will show up next?!

Now I’ve discovered this baby spider in my sweater. Ballooning is dangerous little one!

Someone was passed out on the lichen covered tree stump. I thought this was a good neighborhood.

Finally someone I recognize at this crazy party! A big beautiful field ant! Though she was missing a leg and clearly far from her colony. They have probably sealed the entrance for the winter by now. She’s an older worker. Sometimes they wander far from the nest in their twilight days as if to see a little bit of the world before they die. (Formica pallidefulva I think)

@futurebird probably don’t want to know the answer, but: if she does discover something good, can she communicate it to her colony if they’ve already closed for winter?

@futurebird oh yay! Now I’m glad I asked. Knowing nothing about this topic I was thinking the sealing was a more serious impediment. Thank you!