These are the bougainvilleas that are flourishing beneath the royal poinciana tree this year. I can see the ants carrying away the petals that have fallen on the cobblestones. I’d like to believe they’ve been blown down, but there are probably trusty cutter ants up above, using their incisors to lop off the leaves and petals. If I don’t do something to wage a war, the bushes and tree will be stripped in a week. Hate to do it, but this really is war against the cutter ants.
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lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Beautiful Judy. I like the street shot too.
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Beautiful! I’ve only seen cutter ants in the zoo — none on the bougainvillea here!
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the shot of the flowers took me to my childhood days! used to have this plant in my school!
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I had them in California, but have them in profusion here in so many different colors. I love them.
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