Andrey Pavlov, Russian Photographer, Takes Fairytale-Like Pictures Ants (PHOTOS)

Because we know you'll ask: According to The Telegraph, these ants are real, and yes, they're alive.

Andrey Pavlov, a Moscow-based photographer, spends hours constructing the scenes for these photographs.

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"I used to work in theatre which was a big help when it came to making props, and I chose ants because I respect them and their way of life," Pavlov said, according to The Daily Mail. "They care about their children and look after the elderly. They have lived for millions of years."

According to International Business Times, Pavlov doesn't use any digital effects on his photos. He uses a macro lens to take close-up photos of ants in fairytale-like settings, from sewing to "weightlifting."

In the mood for some more close-up photographs of other tiny critters? Be sure to check out the amazing spider and insect pictures from Thomas Shahan, an Oklahoma-based macrophotographer.

And for more of Pavlov's enchanting pictures, click over to The Telegraph.

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Comments

[tbone99]

01:45 PM on 04/04/2012

Are these ants alive? Hard to believe he can arrange the sewing one with living ants/

[Dru Wilson]

08:04 PM on 04/03/2012

WOW!!! these r great pix......

[iluvnevaeh]

11:20 AM on 04/03/2012

these pictures are really cool...that is something that i would never think to do..these are amazing :)

[jonny dipstick]

10:32 AM on 04/03/2012

Those are super cool and they are real! Very impressive. I tried to do this but the ants kept biting me.

[Opus Fideo]

09:15 AM on 04/03/2012

slave labor. these ants aren't unionized and didn't get paid!

[Monster Mash]

11:09 PM on 04/02/2012

I love this!

[NER2]

10:42 PM on 04/02/2012

"The marvellous macro images are the handiwork of talented photographer, Andrey Pavlov, who spent hours setting the stunning scenes." The only thing "stunning" about these images is that the somehow come to be celebrated in the Huffington Post. Unbelievable.

[iluvnevaeh]

11:20 AM on 04/03/2012

thats not nice...he did something really cool, and he deserves credit.

[florieflowers]

12:51 PM on 04/02/2012

these are wonderful! I will never step on another ant again!

[jzjohnnyboy]

11:05 AM on 04/02/2012

How he got them to cooperate is amazing!

[carnivaluv]

11:03 AM on 04/02/2012

Really nice pictures and interesting.

[Pietro Sommavilla]

10:50 AM on 04/02/2012

"The intriguing insects are pictured carrying out a variety of unusual tasks.."

Bodybuilding workouts.. ;-)

[npguy1234]

07:28 AM on 04/02/2012

Amazing what super glue can do.....

[iluvnevaeh]

11:21 AM on 04/03/2012

lol right...im sure soem ants were harmed in the process of taking these photos..

[wojoman2]

06:35 AM on 04/02/2012

I have a picture of my Aunt.

[Revan0942]

12:05 PM on 04/02/2012

You have a new fan.

[GeorgeSmiley2010]

12:23 AM on 04/02/2012

I'm not an art critic, but how different is this from kitschy pics of Dogs playing cards and kittens in Cabbage Patch sitting around a baby table having tea?

Anthropomorphism is so "two-thousand late, yo!" --as Cartman would say.

[Ray Wigton]

12:10 AM on 04/02/2012

Best thing I've read all day.