(1of 2) Green-head ant foraging feather

These ants are 5 mm in length, well known for their distinctive metallic appearance, which varies from green to purple or even reddish-violet.
This species lives in many habitats, including deserts, forests, woodland and urban areas. They nest underground below logs, stones, twigs, and shrubs, or in decayed wooden stumps and have even been found living in termite mounds.
This is a 2 shot behavioural post....I watched this tenacious Green-head ant grappling with, and dragging a magpie feather a good 10 metres before both it and the feather disappeared in to a crack in my garden wall. As can be seen in the second shot, the feather was many times the size of the ant. From entomology articles, I've learned that the ants have many uses for feathers within the nest. Two examples are - to obtain moisture from the dew drops that collect on the filaments during hot weather and to obtain food from the bird tissue residues left on the feather.