#workerants — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #workerants, aggregated by home.social.
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Hidden danger in soil revealed ahead of Aussie gardening season https://www.allforgardening.com/1916965/hidden-danger-in-soil-revealed-ahead-of-aussie-gardening-season/ #Aussies #Australia #FireAnts #garden #gardening #RedImportedFireAnts #SeanCole #SevereAllergicReactions #soil #WorkerAnts
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Hidden danger in soil revealed ahead of Aussie gardening season https://www.allforgardening.com/1916965/hidden-danger-in-soil-revealed-ahead-of-aussie-gardening-season/ #Aussies #Australia #FireAnts #garden #gardening #RedImportedFireAnts #SeanCole #SevereAllergicReactions #soil #WorkerAnts
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Female #antalates can serve as #vectors for introducing #phoreticorganisms, such as #mites, from an established #colony into a newly founded #nest. Hitching a ride on a #youngqueen can be a key #dispersalstrategy for #myrmecophilous #phoreticmites.
However, some #phoretic species also utilize other routes, such as via #workerants.
© #StefanFWirthSupport my work: https://ko-fi.com/sfwirth
Reading:
H. Klompen & K. U. Campbell (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-024-01003-z -
Female #antalates can serve as #vectors for introducing #phoreticorganisms, such as #mites, from an established #colony into a newly founded #nest. Hitching a ride on a #youngqueen can be a key #dispersalstrategy for #myrmecophilous #phoreticmites.
However, some #phoretic species also utilize other routes, such as via #workerants.
© #StefanFWirthSupport my work: https://ko-fi.com/sfwirth
Reading:
H. Klompen & K. U. Campbell (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-024-01003-z -
Observed some #FarmerAnts herding #aphids on morning walk. These farmer #ants have a special #symbiotic relationship with aphids.
#Learn more:
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know/farmer-ants-and-their-aphid-herdsMy video of the farmer ants, hard at work:
https://youtube.com/shorts/NqI6hVYnoPQ?si=96nXBtYyO4LjeYVc#nature #SaanichParks #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #GorgePark #YYJ #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #Wsanec #PNW #insects #Formicidae #Hymenoptera #entomology #WorkerAnts #NatureVideos