Show threadmyrmepropagandistFeb 21, 2025

I'm really curious if anyone who lives in Australia has seen lone bull ants stumbling back home in the dawn. Navigating by landmarks is a pretty big cognitive achievement for a little ant, especially after a big adventure and a night spent sleeping in god knows what flower or under god knows which random leaf... So if you see a bull ant going home like this she's doing her best!

#australia #BullAnts #myrmecia

Show threadHeliographMar 12, 2024
#bullants #straya https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2018/02/australias-native-ants-are-really-just-wingless-wasps/
Australia’s native bull ants are really just wingless wasps

Australian animals are good at stinging and biting, and our amazing bull ants contribute to that.

Australian Geographic
Peter RileyOct 3, 2023

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-10-03/age-of-empires-computer-game-ant-warfare-simulation-csiro-uwa/102923706

#ageofempires #computergames #simulation #CSIRO #UWA
#InvasiveSpeciesCouncil
#AntWarfare
#Argentineans #bullants #meatants #fireants #yellowcrazyants

Scientists use Age of Empires computer game to simulate ant warfare

Scientists use Age of Empires to simulate ant warfare, with the aim of helping native ant species better fight their invasive counterparts.

ABC News
Peter RileySep 23, 2023

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-23/fire-ants-wasps-hornets-schmidt-index-sting-ratings/102887458#index

#bees #bullants #fireants #hornets #schmidtindex #stingratings #wasps

Dreaded fire ant's sting burns, but wasps, hornets and bull ants top the Schmidt pain index

Fire ants are a real pain. Their name is based on what it feels like to be stung by one — but it is far from the biggest pain in the insect world.

ABC News