#myrmecology

[spiny-ant]

God she really is just the baddest bitch...

#ants #ant #bugblr #insectblr #myrmecology #bugs #insects #bug #insect #entomology

[futurebird]

How are you feeling today?

#ants #antposting #bugs #insects #invertebrates #antblr #ant #myrmecology #bugblr #poll #mood check #vibe check

[zatrippit]

if you know, you know

#ant spiral of death #bugblr #ants #antkeeping #ants are cool #myrmecology #entomology

[r-l02]

Posting my little ant sketches again, better quality, still french sorry

#ant #sketches #my art #myrmecology #fire ant #weaver ant #carpenter ant #sketchbook #entomology

[kiabugboy]

Hell ant

Photo Credit: Barden, Herhold, Grimaldi, 2017

#art #digital art #illustration #fossil amber #insect #fossil insect #hell ant #myrmecology #ant #fossil ant #paleo art #palaeoblr #haidomyrmex

[fefeman]

I like the Dracula ants, because their whole feeding habit is that only the larva eat meat and hard products, and the adult can only drink things... So how do the adults feed themselves? Well, they drink the blood of the larva (in small quantities).

Fantasy author DREAM of inventing such a strange feeding habbit.

#dracula ants #myrmecology

[antappreciationanonymous]

I'm done with this blog. I just can't take it.

You Fuckers will upvote anything that is an isopod or moth. You simpletons.

Just take it. I don't even know what these ones are, I just found them on my camera roll.

#ants #myrmecology #entomology #insects #bugs #bugblr #isopods #springtails #moths #moth post

[snazzyscarf]

happy pride month.  i was watching the video from this post a minute ago and left my own comments & thoughts in the tags about how humans have pushed our own concepts of sex & gender onto other animals in nature and decided to make my own post abt it bc its something that i find really interesting

so i really love Ants, right.  and one of the main things i find interesting is that Sure, most ants in a colony are “technically” female with one (or a few) being able to reproduce.  and Sure, a couple ants in a generation that can mate with them are “technically” male.  but those terms Vastly simplify colony dynamics for the sake of equating them to our own human views on The Sexes TM.

like, there’s already a term for “male ants!!” they’re called Drones! just call them Drones, there’s no need to tack “male” on there.

similarly with Queens vs Workers! they’re both referred to as female despite there being major differences in their biological functions. “reproductive females” and “non-reproductive females” They Already Have Names. its Queens and Workers.

we’re so attached to our human concept of there only being two sexes that we apply it to creatures like ants who arguably have Three!! and even THAT is an oversimplification of colony dynamics! different species have even more niche roles like majors and minors (even repletes in honeypot ants!) and it’s FASCINATING!!

and sure, i understand that gendered terms are used to make the roles of these ants easier to understand colloquially, but i argue that doing this only further prevents people from being open to learning about and understanding the differences between sex & gender as a whole. like!! teaching children and adults about sexual polymorphism could be a GREAT introduction into understanding that biology is incredibly varied and how that is a good thing. it’s an amazing and cool thing, even! and i think that being upfront about it when educating people in layman’s terms would lead people to be much more open to the idea that there is more going on under the surface in Human biology.  and from there—gender!

it’s just like. clinging to what you were taught in Human Bio 101 prevents you from learning about so many of the wonderful and fascinating parts of the world we live in and its honestly really sad. what i’ve said about ants just now is only scratching the surface!! i really and truly believe that binary thinking is one of the most difficult barriers to overcome in our society, but i promise you that once you’re over that wall the world becomes so much more beautiful <3

#scarf.txt #transgender #queer #lgbtq #pride month #entomology #bugblr #myrmecology #biology

[theoceanbison]

This cottony mass which reminds us of a strange mushroom is actually a mass of scale insects. Ants love these insects because they secrete a sweet honeydew after feeding on the plant that hosts them. These scale insects are probably mealybugs, with their woolly appearance, and, just as aphids, only males have wings (which can be seen here). The ants colony has established itself in another tree located 2 meters away, in which they have dug their galleries. These are most likely Lasius fuliginosus, in other words jet black ants, which establish themselves in tree trunks.

#ants #insects #biology #conservation #mealybugs #biodiversity #entomology #myrmecology

[poduromorpha]

some paper dolls of the ant-people in my sci-fi project! they communicate “telepathically” through linguistic pheromone releases

#artists on tumblr #character design #bugblr #myrmecology #ants

[great-and-small]

may i recieve an ant?

Beloved mutual of course you may receive an ant and I happen to have an extremely cool one for you. Your ant species is the Saharan silver ant (Cataglyphis bombycina), aka the fastest ant species in the world. Due to the blistering temperature in the Sahara desert that they call home, these ants have to utilize a vast array of physiological adaptations to stay alive in the heat. They specifically leave the nest during the hottest part of the day since this is the time that predatory lizards are less likely to be hunting.

It sounds pretty nerdy but truly the economy of movement that these ants employ is remarkable to me. They are one of the fastest-walking animal species in relation to their body size and they are able to navigate using the sun so they spend as little time outside the nest as possible. They can produce heat shock proteins in anticipation of heat damage before they leave the nest, which is something that most other animals generally cannot do. If they didn’t do this they would die before the proteins could even kick in. I definitely recommend getting in the weeds on this species of ant because they are unquestionably badass

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saharan_silver_ant

#asks #ants #Saharan silver ant #myrmecology #biology #zoology #animals

[spiny-ant]

World's most beautiful girl looks at you with her huge autistic eyes while she stings you to death

#ants #ant #bugs #bug #insects #insect #bugblr #insectblr #myrmecology #entomology

[futurebird]

All the girls are excited about their new pile-o-sisters.

Is it just me or do they look … proud of this latest batch of eggs from big beautiful mother ? (the queen has still not shown herself ever since they built the “secret chamber”These all came from one ant in one day!

Whenever I report on what my ants are doing in their nest I think about how there are colonies in forests, and abandoned lots, probably one not too far from you now... who are all doing the same thing right now. Quietly getting ready for spring so they can burst onto the scene with a whole ready made army.

... deep in the cold earth something is stirring.

#ants #antposting #bugblr #bugs #insects #invertebrates #ant #myrmecology #antblr #antkeeping

[zatrippit]

miscellaneous bugs volume 3

all bugs found in new zealand.

brown evening moth. endemic to new zealand.

other unknown moth.

queen ants (iridomyrmex undescribed) after a mating flight, searching for a spot to begin their colony.

we've got boots, but bo snoots... a snootless weevil.

trite planiceps, the black-headed jumping spider.

l'il baby looking parasitiod wasp.

asian lady beetle next to its molt.

another queen ant, cuz why not? see if you can spot the southern ant in this photo.

the ants are farming this mealybug on my line tree.

here are some funky orb weaver eggs.

european praying mantis nymph.

MINOR YUCK FACTOR AHEAD...

snail poopin.

the ants have found this scarab beetle quickly.

see the major tearing apart this queen with help from the workers.

thats all.

#entomology #bugblr #insects #bugs #myrmecology #ants #beetles #moths #insect #bug #beetle #arachnid #jumping spider

[r-l02]

This one is also a WIP ! Can't wait to show you all the finish product, it won't be groundbreaking by any means, but I had fun animation it

#art #ant #my art #myrmecology #entomology #weaverant #animation #antanimation #thesis film

[creativelycrazyfangirl]

(Image tw light trypophobia) I was hoping a tumblr scientist or entomologist could help me get a better idea of what’s going on here. I started trying to grow native virginia wildflowers a while ago (some of the ones that said they were native were not but i guess that’s how it goes), and i started noticing a colony of ants in my deck containers that were tending to yellow aphids. A little later, i noticed a larger species of ant tending to small little black dots on my tallest plant (first picture). A little later and they look like this, incredibly tiny little spiky bugs (second picture). Does anyone know that these might be?

#biology #entymology #myrmecology #environmental science #ants #tw trypophobia #insect identification