Plazi Species · @plazi_species
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Plazi Species · @plazi_species
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Absoma021085 · @Absoma021085
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Is ant-watching really a thing?

According to this piece in today's local newspaper (written by me!) it certainly should be -- at least here on Maui.

This is the first time I've ever written a newspaper article, and I am particularly pleased with how it turned out. πŸ˜‹ 🐜 πŸ”¬

#entomology #Myrmecology #antwatching #ants #citizenscience #maui #hawaii

Last updated 1 year ago

Plazi Species · @plazi_species
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Plazi Species · @plazi_species
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New year, new toys! Having borrowed a garden vac a couple of times last year I decided that I should get one before this year’s ant season starts. Now with it’s D&W filter bag gaffer-taped on I just need the weather to warm up!

#ants #insects #Myrmecology

Last updated 2 years ago

Ant people of Mastodon (especially any taxonomists).
Why does:
Myrmeciinae have two β€˜i’s.
Pseudomyrmecinae have one β€˜i’.

#ants #taxonomy #Myrmecology

Last updated 2 years ago

Jitte · @jittebug
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This stack had some pretty overexposed highlights! Quick re-edit of the raws I had saved made for a much more enjoyable image πŸ™‚

#focusstacking #entomology #Myrmecology #ants #photography #macrophotography

Last updated 2 years ago

The Inquisitive Biologist · @inqbiol
438 followers · 153 posts · Server scicomm.xyz

I may have a quiet Boxing Day, as my wife gave me a copy of Wood Ant Ecology and Conservation edited by Jenni Stockan & Elva Robinson.

Can’t wait for the wood ants at my favourite sites in Surrey to wake up again. I should find some nearer home in Herts too!

#ants #Myrmecology

Last updated 2 years ago

Looking at old photographs of ants from the Summer is making me look forward to the warmth of Spring (although I have lots of material to get through by then!).
Here is Myrmecina graminicola from Gunnersbury Triangle in May 2022. A very distinctive clypeus. (Stacked photo taken through microscope trinocular tube rather than stacking rail).

#ants #Myrmecology

Last updated 2 years ago

the Ant's plan · @antsplan
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the ant's plan · @antsplan
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A major worker taking a power napπŸ’ͺ. Ants take a few minutes per each several times a day (even hundreds of times). They do it inside the nest or in a safe place outsideβ˜€οΈπŸœ

#antsplan #mirmeecologia #thermophilic #hormigasibericas #antkeeping #antivity #formicinae #Myrmecology #eusocialinsects #camponotuscruentatus #aculeata #apocrita #Hymenoptera

Last updated 2 years ago

the ant's plan · @antsplan
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How pupal "milk" has evolved social functions in ants, is presented and analyzed by Orli Snir, Daniel Kronauer and their crew on this paper; released a few hours ago (on link below) - nature.com/articles/s41586-022

#antsplan #mirmeecologia #antmilk #formicarium #formicidae #Myrmecology #eusocialinsects #aculeata #apocrita #Hymenoptera

Last updated 2 years ago

the ant's plan · @antsplan
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the ant's plan · @antsplan
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the ant's plan · @antsplan
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the ant's plan · @antsplan
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