An Ant's Worst Nighmare

You never know when they'll pop up.  We know we have at least one echidna on our property - a creature I mentioned last February, who I've named "Spiny Norman" (after a Monty Python character).

Late in the summer another appeared in a neighbors yard:

This little guy made a bit of a mess - dug into our friend's lawn, scratching away looking for some tasty ants.  Well, you can't live in this area and expect to have a perfect lawn, I guess.

These creatures are sweet.  Slow moving and benign (well maybe not to ants or to anybody foolish enough to try and interfere with them - those spines mean business!).

I just wish they'd go after the bull ants!