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Can you spot the chicks? There are four in the family, but only three appear in this shot. They're two...

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Uploaded on Sep 22, 2008

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I used a flash here, and it might not have worked out as well as anticipated... The ants are the...

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Uploaded on Sep 7, 2008

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As with Rock No. 2, many of the ants were lifted up on the base of the rock, and almost certainly were...

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Uploaded on Sep 7, 2008

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And under Rock No. 3: lots of small black ants and their white egg-like things... (Yes, I do know a lot...

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Uploaded on Sep 7, 2008

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Rock No. 3, the final flip for the day. Most of the rocks around here look like this one: it's basalt, I think.

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Uploaded on Sep 7, 2008

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More kikuyu grass, more red soil, but most of the ants had been lifted up with the rock, apparently, or...

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And underneath Rock No. 2: ants, quite large-ish ones, with a green tinge to their colouring. I don't...

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Uploaded on Sep 7, 2008

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Rock No. 2.

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Uploaded on Sep 7, 2008

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The beetle under Rock No. 1. It might be a Christmas beetle; that's my guess. The CSIRO has a fact sheet...

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Uploaded on Sep 7, 2008

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Under Rock No. 1: some sort of black beetle. It didn't move much when hit by the light; I just hope I...

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Uploaded on Sep 7, 2008

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After recharging the camera battery and ditching the white plastic ruler, I flipped three rocks closer to the house.

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Uploaded on Sep 7, 2008

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The rocks here usually split in a straight-ish line or face, not in an angle like that. This is the...

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Uploaded on Sep 7, 2008

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I thought about flipping this rock, of course. I didn't notice when taking the photo, but the smaller...

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Uploaded on Sep 7, 2008

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I like the cracks; the other side is rounded and smooth.

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Uploaded on Sep 7, 2008

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This was the most interesting rock all day. It seems to have just this one layer of softer material with...

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Uploaded on Sep 7, 2008

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Really soft - scratches easily into sandy grains.

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Uploaded on Sep 7, 2008

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