Hormiga Gigante

I don't believe it. Went out this morning and there crawling around the terrace was a giant ant. I mean giant, really, really, really big. It did give me a fright, scared the mierda out of me. After I'd calmed down and on closer inspection I realised it was Don D. playing silly buggers. Got my own back by spending the morning pacing around meowing as loud as I could. Boy do I have a loud meow, he was not happy.

Factoid: A species of Argentine ant introduced into Europe about 80 years ago has developed the largest super colony ever recorded. It stretches 6,000 kilometres - from northern Italy, through the south of France to the Atlantic coast of Spain - with billions of related ants occupying millions of nests. While ants from rival nests normally fight each other to the death, ants from the super colony have the ability to recognise each other and co-operate - even if they come from nests at opposite ends of the colony's range. The Argentine species (Linepithema humile) probably came into Europe on imported plants, pushing back the 20 or so indigenous species of European ant.