The meek did inherit the Earth, at least among ants
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/science/ants-exoskeletons-weak.html
#HackerNews #ants #meek #inheritance #science #nature #evolution
This is the largest Camponotus pennsylvanicus major I’ve ever seen maybe because this colony is so well fed and old, they’re producing some kind of extra large gigantic majors.
it’s hard to convey in a photo, but she is humongous. That’s not a queen that’s just the worker. #ants
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Discerning a sense of size from macro photographs is hard. Camponotus intrepidus, for example, is one of Australia’s largest sugar ants at slightly under an inch long.
But did you see the little Pheidole ant at her heels?
Discerning a sense of size from macro photographs is hard. Camponotus intrepidus, for example, is one of Australia’s largest sugar ants at slightly under an inch long.
But did you see the little Pheidole ant at her heels?
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Do any of you happen to know of any podcasts that are about ants? I don't really listen to podcasts but am curious. Thanks in advance!
Do any of you happen to know of any podcasts that are about ants? I don't really listen to podcasts but am curious. Thanks in advance!
I've got a few of these original hand-drawn small artworks in my shop now. The ants are saying "move slow and make wonderful things".
https://www.artatomic.io/product/original-drawing-of-spiral-of-ants-with-words-in-ink-small-/81
#ArtForSale #ants #art #GenerativeArt #ProceduralArt #SciArt
The genus name for American harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex, means "bearded ant", and it refers to a basket of hairs on the underside of the head that helps these desert ants carry dry sand.
Monahans Sandhills State Park, Texas.
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This is such a cool study. A parasitic ant queen tricks worker ants into murdering their own queen, so the parasite can take over the colony.
#Ants #Science https://www.sciencenews.org/article/parasitic-ant-matricide-queen
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A Texas leafcutter ant, Atta texana, hauls spring Prunus buds along a tree branch on her way back to the nest.
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I can’t remember who pointed out this book here, and pointed out it was on sale, but thank you. It is a stunning book. #Ants
A Texas leafcutter ant, Atta texana, hauls spring Prunus buds along a tree branch on her way back to the nest.
I can’t remember who pointed out this book here, and pointed out it was on sale, but thank you. It is a stunning book. #Ants
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A colony of aphids tended by a Camponotus noveboracensis carpenter ant. South Bristol, New York.
RE: https://mastodon.online/@alexwild/115488292292186152
For me, always a good example to change perspectives and become decent in our anthropocentrism: this is a #farmer with cattle. #Ants developed #farming long before humans existed.