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And now, some small carpenter ants...
And now, some small carpenter ants...I haven't posted any ants for awhile. So here is a pair of little carpenter ants from the back yard:Camponotus nearcticusCamponotus caryaeMost people in North...
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Soccer in Paraguay
Soccer in ParaguayApropos of Paraguay's victory in this morning's world cup match against Slovakia, here's a photo I took almost 15 years ago:This is a local match in the Paraguayan community where I...
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An insider's view of an ant colony
An insider's view of an ant colonyA worker cradles a freshly-laid egg in the brood nest of a laboratory colony of the Argentine Ant Linepithema humile. photo details: Canon EOS 7D camera Canon MP-E...
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Mark Moffett's "Adventures Among Ants"
Mark Moffett's "Adventures Among Ants"My review of Mark Moffett's new ant book appears this morning in Myrmecological News:Let me start with the obvious: Adventures among ants is the most visually...
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Then and now: I think I've improved
Then and now: I think I've improvedMessor decipiens, South AfricaHere's a photo I took last week. It shows a granivorous ant with an enormous head housing muscles for milling the harvest. I used...
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Request: the Dunn lab needs live ants
Request: the Dunn lab needs live antsTapinoma sessileAnt ecologist extraordinaire Rob Dunn sends along the following request:We are looking for live colonies of Aphaenogaster rudisTemnothorax...
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Return of the brain-controlling zombie-ant parasitic fungi
Return of the brain-controlling zombie-ant parasitic fungiA dead ant infected with a parasitic Cordyceps fungus (David P. Hughes).A team of entomologists working in the Brazilian rain forest has...
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Gliding ants swoop back to their nest
Gliding ants swoop back to their nestThe Smithsonian has a cool post on wingless ants that have learned how to glide through the forest canopy using their outstretched legs. If knocked from their...
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Weekend Diversion: Down the Ant Hole
Weekend Diversion: Down the Ant Hole"When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all." -E.O. WilsonSure, there are entire worlds within our world that we never even give a...
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How ants navigate homeward - forward, backward, or sidewardI've got this press release that will be of interest to many:An international team including researchers at the university of Edinburgh and...
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