Red ant

I think this is the European ant that has been around these parts for a hundred or two hundred or perhaps five hundred years. Certainly when I was a kid in the 1950s there were red ants all over the place, and I think the ones picking at the orange I left out for birds are no different.

But people get all squeamish these days when they see red ants, calling them "fire ants." Pfft.

I am trying to decide whether to buy myself a better macro lens than the one I have, this 60mm lens. I have never liked it a lot but I don't think I have used it to its best advantage either. So I am trying to use it more than I have, before I jump foolishly to buy the more expensive one.