Looks like my dahlia’s, color-wise. Took a chance on a plant for sale, wasn’t sure it was going to make it…they sold it to me for $2! I’ve been giving it lots of love and talking to it, and taking lots of photos. There are at least 10 flowers in various stages open at the moment. Yes, the ants sure do love this flower…as your photo shows.
A beautiful shot. It reminds me of my peonies. The ants come, one to a bud. They eat a nectar the plant produces to lure them. The ants keep away the thrips. Nicely symbiotic.
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Gorgeous dahlia to go along with your ant 😀
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I thought it was a Dahlia but it seems very early for them, thanks for your expertise. 👩🎓
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Looks like my dahlia’s, color-wise. Took a chance on a plant for sale, wasn’t sure it was going to make it…they sold it to me for $2! I’ve been giving it lots of love and talking to it, and taking lots of photos. There are at least 10 flowers in various stages open at the moment. Yes, the ants sure do love this flower…as your photo shows.
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Cee said it is a Dahlia but I’ve never seen ants on it like this. Gorgeous flowers, the Amish sell cut ones here for fifty cents a stem.
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Fantastic image – I want to get tiny and wriggle my way in alongside the lucky ants!
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Thanks Jazz, a working class hero is something to be… 🐜
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Amazing shot – love the bright colors and water drops!
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Thanks MB, I seem to do very well in bad light and rain. 🌧
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Stunning shot, Mike. One step at a time is a good philosophy to have.
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Thanks Amanda, as hard as we try to do otherwise that’s all we can actually do.
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Indeed. Thinking on that helps me feel less overwhelmed when there is too much to do in a day.
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In my case its very hard to fill the day. Its not bad enough to make me go back to work yet but I can see it in the near future. 🤨
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Beautiful image. Love the colours. The ants I can do without – little by little they are driving me crazy at present.
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Do you mean like in the Geico commercial?
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That commercial is the best. Not too many of that kind, I’m afraid.
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Stunning close-up of a dahlia – and the ants!!
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I didn’t even see the little guys until I got home. 😎
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I might have missed the ants had you not pointed them out – the flower is so pretty 🙂
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Its amazing all the things we don’t see that are right there. I didn’t notice them at all while I was taking the photo.
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That happened to me recently with a ladybird on a rose 🙂
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A beautiful shot. It reminds me of my peonies. The ants come, one to a bud. They eat a nectar the plant produces to lure them. The ants keep away the thrips. Nicely symbiotic.
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Interesting take on the whole thing, the way I see it photography keeps me out of the bar. 🧐
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Beautiful!😍
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