#wasmannia — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #wasmannia, aggregated by home.social.
-
Most work that's done on invasive species revolves around "control" -- making the pest species less of a problem in a given area.
My job focuses on unequivocal, verifiable eradication -- possible because I live on an island.
My target: the 1.5mm Wasmannia auropunctata, or Little Fire #Ant. And though reintroduction is a constant threat, I'm happy to say that on this particular island we are winning the battle. Wish the same was true for Oʻahu & Kauaʻi.
-
Often, ant colonies will have more than one queen.
Sometimes, colonies will have dozens, or even hundreds. This is a nest of little fire ants, Wasmannia auropunctata, in Puerto Rico.
The queens are obvious, but do you see the much smaller worker ants?