Ant Hill in Winter

Looking at the Ground, in the High Desert

© GE McKerrihan

A winterized anthill in the high desert. The small, scurrying insects have gone underground for the season. Do ants hibernate? And I wonder?

According to my 1987 vintage of Webster’s . . . Ants show highly developed social organization and complex behavioral patterns. All have well developed sense organs. That last sentence seems to add some credence to the…