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Alex WildFound these yellow sneaking ants, Cardiocondyla wroughtonii, in one of UT Austin's greenhouses. A worldwide tramp ant, but not one we normally see in central Texas. #Ants #Insects #Cardiocondyla
adwr#RGPD #ANTS #CNIL
Suite à la fuite massive et gravissime de ANTS (France Titre), signalée ici le 20/04, l’association La Ligue des Libertés a déposé plainte contre l’État auprès de la CNIL, et demande le versement d’indemnités (150 000 euros) : https://www.01net.com/actualites/cyberattaque-chez-france-titres-une-association-demande-150-000-e-a-letat-pour-indemniser-les-victimes.html
Suite à la fuite massive et gravissime de ANTS (France Titre), signalée ici le 20/04, l’association La Ligue des Libertés a déposé plainte contre l’État auprès de la CNIL, et demande le versement d’indemnités (150 000 euros) : https://www.01net.com/actualites/cyberattaque-chez-france-titres-une-association-demande-150-000-e-a-letat-pour-indemniser-les-victimes.html
Bruce MacDonaldAnt-collecting in the news.
'In the biblical text Book of Proverbs, King Solomon describes the harvester ant as a model of wisdom and industriousness: “Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!”'
Smuggled in syringes: how Nairobi became a nexus for the black market in giant harvester ants
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/may/13/smuggled-illegal-global-trade-giant-harvester-ants-kenya-asia-europe
Petra van Cronenburg@simon_brooke I think, it's not so important if humans will survive. The question is when humans will recognise that #ants already took over world dominion, being more intelligent that all these AI-bros ever imagined ... and are. 😎
Colin BurgessTwo different castes of the same species? Hyatt’s Carpenter Ants?
The straight ant appears to be trying to carry the curled one, but has been in the same spot a good ten minutes, maybe too cold to have much energy yet?
This is in NorCal, currently 15C
Soh Kam YungInteresting.
"ABSTRACT
I give an account of the first known example of an ant (i.e., an undescribed Dorymyrmex) that licks and nips the much larger workers of a different ant species (Pogonomyrmex barbatus) in a manner remarkably parallel to the actions of cleaner fish that clean other species of fish"
J. Steven YorkOkay, here's a better picture of one of my mystery ants, that helpfully decided to crawl on my hand today. Based on folds on skin, I'd say it's between 1/8" and 3/16" (head and body, not including legs/antenna). Any guesses?
#ants #entomology
#ants #entomology
I’m always happy to see Camponotus castaneus one of the more rare ants in New York City. At first I was disappointed to see two of them fighting each other, but I realized that meant that there must be at least *two* colonies living in close proximity, so when they have their nuptial flight, there is a chance that there will be mated queens! #ants #antsnyc #nycants
(Fighting for now... romeANTs later)
