It takes a village...

I tossed this apple core out the front door for one of our chipmunk friends, but instead ended
up supporting an entire army of particularly puny ants.  I took this shot about 10 hours into
the process when all hands (and legs) were on deck. 

No idea how they moved those sequoia-like twigs into place -- the whole scene was like
something out of Gulliver's Travels though with ceaseless, orderly activity taking place
on a microscopically epic scale. 

Alas, by morning, the core was gone, no doubt gobbled obliviously down by some
 night creature passing by on its rounds, so I just threw another one out there....