Timelapse - Fire Ant Colony in the Rain #shorts

Timelapse of a fire ant colony being destroyed by rain then rebuilt. This one is built on the side of a drainage culvert that washed up and is just laying on top of the ground. The actual time is a day and a half. The rain started around 10pm, then they rebuilt some during the night when the rain stopped. They were fairly inactive during the day but then the next night they started building again until morning. I've noticed in doing these that the ants prefer to do their building at night and it seems that they only build up the surface mound after a rain. #anthillart
#nature #timelapse