Ames, Iowa - Dragonflies and Flowers - July 2025
- Angie DeWaard
- Aug 5
- 1 min read
Since J and I have lots of meetings during the work day and can't get away, we try to get the children on hikes when it isn't swelteringly hot. McFarland Park has fun trails and lots of nature, so we have gone out there several times.
These photos are from a trip on July 3, as I had the day off. It was incredibly hot, but we still had fun.
Great pictures! Not enough people appreciate insects. Particularly ants. They probably aren't actually fighting though. They are probably feeding each other. Ants have a social stomach where they keep liquid food to feed other ants. It is called trophallaxis. Ants are such amazing creatures and it is too bad they weren't ruling the planet instead of the failed human species.