Anthills - geograph.org.uk - 1190383

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Summary[edit] Description: English: Anthills The Yellow Meadow Ant (Lasius flava) makes the grassy hillocks often seen in open pasture especially on hill-sides which don't get ploughed. The nests build up often over many years with soil being deposited on their upper surface as tunnels are excavated below ground level. Grass growing on the surface migrates outward through the new soil and so the hill gets higher and larger with age. (Info. from Wild About Britain see http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/23546-what-goes-inside-ant-hill.html. Date: 5 March 2009. Source: From geograph.org.uk. Author: Richard Greenwood. Attribution(required by the license)Richard Greenwood / Anthills / CC BY-SA 2.0. Richard Greenwood / Anthills. Camera location52° 21′ 08″ N, 2° 07′ 18″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 52.352170; -2.121600. Object location52° 21′ 08″ N, 2° 07′ 21″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 52.352350; -2.122600.