We have ants. Intentionally, this time.

Sherri bought me Fascinations ANTW2 Antworks Illuminated for my birthday. Ants are separate; they arrived today.

I’m finding it difficult to photograph the Antworks effectively, so bear with me. They may improve as I practice. Click the photos to link over to Flickr, where you can click All Sizes and enjoy the ants in high resolution goodness.

Here’s T+0:

Here’s T+3 hours:

The gals (all the ants are female) are hard at work adjusting to their gelatinous new home.

There’s some video, too, but it’s way too big right now (18mb for 9 seconds). If you’re still interested, have a look at this video.

According to the Antworks manual, you’re supposed to start the world with 20-25 ants. We have eight. I’m on the fence as to whether I’ll order more or just postpone until springtime and catch my own.