Ants on a plant

My peonies are getting ready to bloom. The ants like them.

Thank you for stopping by and for taking time to comment. I love reading them and enjoy looking at your pictures, too.

[Emily]

This is so cool! Nice capture :)

[Kerri]

Very pretty

[Mary Lou]

I've never seen peonies without ants :).

[Courtney]

How neat! The ants are hard at work. I hope your peonies last awhile. Ours bloomed last Friday and a wind storm blew them down that night :(

[Judith Greenwood]

Ooh interesting!

[Wendy Bowden]

Brilliant capture

[santina]

wonderful capture, i like everything,i have not yet been photograph insect!

[Lesley Allen]

Nice unusual flower/ant shot, I like the way you have captured the shiny bodies of the ants!

[Charlene Barker]

Excellent close up shot and detail!

[scooter]

Mine look the same, great shot!

[Larry B]

Wow! wonderful catch!..... Doesn't look like the ants are having any major effect on the plant (at least so far!).

[Ken Lemieux]

Fav, I will have to do the same shot in a week or two here. Great detail!

[Kimmi]

Pretty . . . great macro

[Diana]

Mine are just peeking their stems out of the ground...don't suspect to see peonia to August now!! So maybe...NO ants either!! Super detail...like always!

[adobe waters]

YIKES _ CREEPY - marilyn great shot!!!!

[Margaret Tryon]

This is great. I love it.

[scooter]

@cfitzgerald Courtney, mine always fall over after a rain or storm.....seem to fall after a day or two for me.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

@cfitzgerald @scooter Ours fall over easily, too. My husband has tied them up to posts to keep them upright and that has helped.

[Aaron]

Great shot, and wouldn't you know I posted one very close to this a while back! Great minds! :) http://365project.org/grizzlysghost/furkids/2012-03-27

[bkb in the city]

Very cool shot

[hiquerr]

The large view is awesome! Great shot, and I hope to see one when they are open. I love peonies.

[Angela Martel]

I love the excitement this brings, knowing soon a beautiful flower will bloom.

[Claire]

Well they seem to love this plant, great catch; peonies were my Dad's favourite plant in his garden - thanks for that memory:0)

[meredith]

pretty!

[Darlene]

What a great capture, Marilyn. Love the detail of these flower buds but not the ants. The one insect that gives me the creepy crawlies.

[alia_801]

Excellent focus, and nice deep colours in the buds too.

[Howard Steele]

great close up shot

[cglist]

Wonderful details - the ants are inevitable!

[Jann]

Great shot Marilyn! @grizzlysghost me too! Why do the ants love the peonies?

[Beth]

Beautiful shot of the buds and the ants. A friend told me that without the ants peonies wouldn't bloom. I don't know if this is true or not.

[Carole Imes]

Love all the detail....really cool capture, Marilyn!

[Glenda B]

LOL! I love this shot--so true!! Ants and peonies --they just seem to go together! I hope that Beth is correct because I could tolerate them better thinking they are needed for those gorgeous blooms. Mine are not quite this far advanced--can't wait!

[Cindy Muir]

Nice shot of those budding peonies. They really do seem to attract the ants!

[Paula]

The ants look somehow cute, working away on the little peonies:)

[Shirley]

There must be something very tasty on these buds........the ants always hang out there

[Mark Buehl]

Neat shot. We too have ants all over our peonies. I am not sure what thy are after, but it is hard to get a shot without an ant.

[Pyrrhula]

Great pic of them but get warned : Ants often farming aphids (greenfly`s ) They like the sweets they produce.
Have a good look at you/the flowers and leafs

[Julie Purnell]

Very cool pic!

[Moira Brown]

The ants were all over my cornflowers I will have to check the peonies - they are a bit behind yours. Cool shot.