Perhaps you find yourself lonely

If so, here - have 2.5 million ant friends

Perhaps your life has been shifted, in ways both large and small, by the pandemic. Maybe you’ve lost people, or a way of life, or certain kind of trust, or your neighbors, or your home.

In such times, it may bring some comfort to think: 2.5 million ants have been assigned to me, and it’s been that way since birth. I am never alone, because of my 2.5 million ants.

I don’t know what you’re doing with your ants. I am simply thinking of mine. Of course, we can’t live together, me and my 2.5 million ants. They have too much work to do, and they couldn’t get it all done if I brought them to live with me in Washington, D.C.

I think some of mine may be leaf cutter ants, who form some of the most complex societies outside of humans’. Oh, and they’re gardeners too, subsisting entirely on the fungus they grow within their colonies.

I am hoping I got some weaver ants? They can build nests in trees by attaching leaves together.

Photo by MD_JERRY on Unsplash

I am also certain I have some crazy ants in the mix.

Photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash

What are you doing with your portion of the 20 quadrillion ants that, we just found out this week, inhabit the earth? What kind of ant are they?

I hope you’re enjoying the company of your new 2.5 million ant friends.

(Speaking of hope, I’m hoping to write a usual longer post tomorrow, but couldn’t let another day go by without letting you know that you have company. Enjoy!)