Balu Ganesan

Acrobat Ants at #valparai . Their home known as carton nest.

These ants chew up bark, leaves and twigs and mix their salava and scult the mixture into a paper mache like etstructure.

Interesting facts is the rufous woodpecker drills a hole into this nest and lays its eggs. The ants never harm the eggs or the chicks when eggs hatch

Nature...always has a surprise around each bend