The Perfect Habitat - TNY_2476 - a photo on Flickriver

            I decided to visit the (sort of) local butterfly house (the Haga Butterfly House in Stockholm Sweden) in late March as the chance of finding invertebrates otherwise then is pretty slim.

They have a no flash policy there which led to me borrowing my brother's Canon 6D since it handles higher ISO better than my camera.

There I stumbled onto this scene. It's a male scarlet mormon (Papilio rumanzovia) which was dying on the large leaf of a Monstera when some ants found it. I'm not entirely sure, but people who know better tell me this should be common red ants (Myrmica rubra) a species also known as European fire ant due to their painful bite/sting (though a far cry from the real fire ants).

They were swarming over the poor butterfly and killed it off rather quickly.

These ants don't have to hibernate and also prefer a higher humidity so the butterfly house looks like the perfect place for them with tropical temperatures the year around coupled with humans bringing in fresh butterflies all the time.

Taken in: Sverige / Stockholms Län / Solna / Stora Frösunda (show map)

Taken on: March 27, 2019

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Camera: Canon EOS 6D, f/4.5, 1/100 sec, 100mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 6D
Lens:	EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Aperture:	f/4.5
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	100mm
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Partial
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 (Windows)
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