The Buttercup Mysteries

Or Ranunculus lappaceus, commonly known as the common buttercup, Australian buttercup or Yarrakalgamba.  


I had these mystery plants come up a few weeks ago, and had no idea what they were until they flowered.  Then it was clear that they are buttercups, and I don't know where they came from, but they look so spring like and lovely out there.

The other mystery is the ant.  You can't see what he/she's doing here, but it's got the head of another ant firmly clasped in its jaws. So my romantic mind says that it's looking for a place to bury its mate, and where better than in the middle of a flower.  A few frames further and you can see that the ant head is gone, and the ant toddles off to continue its day of ant-like work.  Presumably after a nano-second of mourning.