I was visiting my friend Winni in St Albans last weekend. On Sunday afternoon we went to the nearby Butterfly World. It was very very very wet. Which was a bit unfortunate as a lot of it was outside.

For somewhere so butterfly-themed there is a surprising amount of ant-based exhibits. Including a rather scary giant ant in the outside play area.

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A factoid I learnt: these leaf cutter ants are the only animals beside humans that grow their own food! Apparently they take these leafs back home and use them to grow edible fungus.

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This daft but strong ant has picked up a stick instead of a leaf.

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An actual butterfly (or is it a moth?), in the butterfly house.

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Transparent wings! Drinking the nectar from the flower. Followed by an upside down butterfly.

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