Funnel Ant Mounds – Aphaenogaster sp, footpath, Driscoll Lane.
This photo, taken in early June, is a wonderful example of flora and fauna species refusing to be denied by the hard surfaces of the built environment.
The mounds were on a concrete footpath where it joined a concrete curb beneath a picket fence.
The ants had pushed the earth through the tiniest of gaps, which begs the question of the size of any prey which might fall down the funnel and whether it was worth the effort.
Compared with the familiar piles of earth on expanses of grass, these mounds are paltry.
I have seen morel mushrooms pushing through a gravel drive and in Holland, hollyhocks surging to their full height in the tiny gap between the edge of the pavement and the front of a house.
