I found this moth already decapitated with these ants partaking on whatever remnants will still be useful in their colony. They will chop-chop the whole moth according to the size they will be able to jointly carry to their sanctuary underground. And that is the food chain, food web, or the cycle of life. I wonder if there is also a butterfly or moth haven to accommodate them!
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The poor moth! Quite sad and such beautifully coloured wings! Thank you for your wonderful comment about serendipity and our posts! There is a magical connection!
ReplyDeleteEverything has its place!
ReplyDeleteyour photo is wonderfully captured but sad to see the moth being eaten by the ants.
ReplyDeletePoor moth! But yes all part of the cycle of life!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like it was caught in a spider's web. I wonder if a spider took the first bite.
ReplyDeleteNice photo, the cycle of life ...
ReplyDeletelooks like the edible and palatable part is the thorax and abdomen. They'll probably leave the wings alone since it is only membrane and powder or scales. Good capture.
ReplyDeletePoor moth, but the cycle of life must go on. Great capture!
ReplyDeleteaw...but such is the cycle of life.
ReplyDeleteI know it is the circle of life ---but that doesn't mean that we have to like it.... I worry about my sweet little backyard birds ---when the hawks are around... But--there's not much I can do about it... I'm sure it's a hard life for all of the critters out there.
ReplyDeleteHappy Sunday to you.
Hugs,
Betsy
Tak to jest w przyrodzie, jedno jest pokarmem dla drugiego. Pozdrawiam.
ReplyDeleteThat's how it is in nature, one is food for another. Yours.
I guess that the creepy crawly ants have to eat too. The beauty and ugliness of that circle of life are here. A great capture!
ReplyDeletewow that is quite a shot!!
ReplyDeleteThank for your comment. I like this issue. You too can write to get public awareness.
ReplyDeleteI grew up in Borneo. Ex Sarawakian which belongs to Malaysia. I left when I was 20.
Thats what happens! But its still an interesting picture.
ReplyDeleteStewart M - Melbourne
there is a time and place for everything under heaven, isn't it.
ReplyDeleteKinda disgusting, but it truly is an accurate representation of that cycle of life.
ReplyDeleteAndrea this is great! Nature is the best recycler!
ReplyDeletepoor one. But the ants must be fed too.
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