#pheidole — Public Fediverse posts
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It's that time of the year when the rotting Halloween pumpkins start delivering tremendous bug content.
I got these shots of Pheidole dentata ants successfully hunting fruit fly adults and larvae in the muck.
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It's that time of the year when the rotting Halloween pumpkins start delivering tremendous bug content.
I got these shots of Pheidole dentata ants successfully hunting fruit fly adults and larvae in the muck.
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Pheidole bicarinata big-headed ants tend to aphids on the underside of a fern in Indiana Dunes National Park. The ants are supposed to protect the aphids, but they seem to have missed a ladybird beetle larva snacking through the herd.
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Pheidole bicarinata big-headed ants tend to aphids on the underside of a fern in Indiana Dunes National Park. The ants are supposed to protect the aphids, but they seem to have missed a ladybird beetle larva snacking through the herd.
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The very pretty Pheidole morrisii, a large native big-headed ant from sandy habitats in the southeastern United States. Ants of this genus are dimorphic, with the worker caste divided into regular workers (right) and large soldiers (left).
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The very pretty Pheidole morrisii, a large native big-headed ant from sandy habitats in the southeastern United States. Ants of this genus are dimorphic, with the worker caste divided into regular workers (right) and large soldiers (left).
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Imagine this ant’s neck pain the next morning.
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Imagine this ant’s neck pain the next morning.
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Thanks to the field collection efforts of bug guys Steven Wang and Brandon Woo, I had an opportunity this weekend to photograph one of the world's more oddly-proportioned ants, the major worker of Pheidole absurda. This is a granivorous big-headed ant found from Texas south to Costa Rica, and the massive head powers seed-crunching jaws.
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Thanks to the field collection efforts of bug guys Steven Wang and Brandon Woo, I had an opportunity this weekend to photograph one of the world's more oddly-proportioned ants, the major worker of Pheidole absurda. This is a granivorous big-headed ant found from Texas south to Costa Rica, and the massive head powers seed-crunching jaws.
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An ant-decapitating fly (Apocephalus sp.) takes advantage of a Pheidole dentata nest disturbed by the photographer to lay her eggs in the exposed ants. At #UTAustin's Brackenridge Field Lab in Texas.
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An ant-decapitating fly (Apocephalus sp.) takes advantage of a Pheidole dentata nest disturbed by the photographer to lay her eggs in the exposed ants. At #UTAustin's Brackenridge Field Lab in Texas.
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An Australian Pheidole carries a waxlike pupa- her younger sister- through the brood nest.
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An Australian Pheidole carries a waxlike pupa- her younger sister- through the brood nest.
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Up-close, ants don't always look like you might expect. This is a Pheidole jelskii big-headed ant worker, whose large head holds jaw-powering muscles to help this ant slice through large insect prey.
Photo from last month in Puerto Rico.
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Up-close, ants don't always look like you might expect. This is a Pheidole jelskii big-headed ant worker, whose large head holds jaw-powering muscles to help this ant slice through large insect prey.
Photo from last month in Puerto Rico.
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UH OH. Those aren't ants!
One #antkeepers at formiculture is raising a colony of #Pheidole pallidula, and has allowed Paussus favieri beetles ... terrible moochers who eat baby ants and let the ants feed them while doing no work, live with the colony. #ants
Since the colony has basically unlimited food and a cushy life these #beetles won't kill the colony. But, I'm torn about the whole thing. Can't stop watching for updates, though and they just posted a new one:
https://www.formiculture.com/topic/19723-felixs-pheidole-pallidula-featuringthe-beetles/
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UH OH. Those aren't ants!
One #antkeepers at formiculture is raising a colony of #Pheidole pallidula, and has allowed Paussus favieri beetles ... terrible moochers who eat baby ants and let the ants feed them while doing no work, live with the colony. #ants
Since the colony has basically unlimited food and a cushy life these #beetles won't kill the colony. But, I'm torn about the whole thing. Can't stop watching for updates, though and they just posted a new one:
https://www.formiculture.com/topic/19723-felixs-pheidole-pallidula-featuringthe-beetles/
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A queen Pheidole dentata big-headed ant in the nest. In my neighborhood, this is one of our native species that has weathered the fire ant invasion reasonably well.
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A queen Pheidole dentata big-headed ant in the nest. In my neighborhood, this is one of our native species that has weathered the fire ant invasion reasonably well.
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The queen!
Pheidole hyatti big-headed ant, photographed just this week at UTAustin’s fabulous Brackenridge Field Laboratory.
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The queen!
Pheidole hyatti big-headed ant, photographed just this week at UTAustin’s fabulous Brackenridge Field Laboratory.
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A Pheidole sp. worker ant carries a pupa through the brood nest. Tower Hill, Victoria, Australia.
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A Pheidole sp. worker ant carries a pupa through the brood nest. Tower Hill, Victoria, Australia.
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These very different looking ants are sisters. Their distinct forms are produced not by having different genes, but by the environment triggering different pathways earlier in development.
Pheidole sp, Australia.
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These very different looking ants are sisters. Their distinct forms are produced not by having different genes, but by the environment triggering different pathways earlier in development.
Pheidole sp, Australia.