ArandaMothsComposite image from #AutomatedMothTrap operated in #Aranda, #ACT, #Australia over night of 16 to 17 Apr 2025.
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Calvin Gluck“
A female fly begins by staking out a worker ant
…
she darts in and lays an egg inside the ant's thorax
…
eggs are torpedo-shaped and measure 130 micrometers long, or about 0.005 inches).
…
Once the egg hatches, the ant has only a few weeks of life before it succumbs to the manipulations of its attacker, stumbling away from its home and family and then undergoing decapitation from the inside out.
”
#Entomology
https://www.livescience.com/animals/insects/the-parasite-was-in-the-drivers-seat-the-zombie-ants-that-die-gruesome-deaths-fit-for-a-horror-movie
A female fly begins by staking out a worker ant
…
she darts in and lays an egg inside the ant's thorax
…
eggs are torpedo-shaped and measure 130 micrometers long, or about 0.005 inches).
…
Once the egg hatches, the ant has only a few weeks of life before it succumbs to the manipulations of its attacker, stumbling away from its home and family and then undergoing decapitation from the inside out.
”
#Entomology
https://www.livescience.com/animals/insects/the-parasite-was-in-the-drivers-seat-the-zombie-ants-that-die-gruesome-deaths-fit-for-a-horror-movie
'Once the ant turned its back on the colony and walked away, it was on a death march. And the parasite was in the driver's seat'
"Once the egg hatches, the ant has only a few weeks of life before it succumbs to the manipulations of its attacker, stumbling away from its home and family and then undergoing decapitation from the inside out."
Entomological Soc. of AmericaArthropod Photo of the Week: April 16, 2025
Eggplant horned planthopper
Leptocentrus taurus
Hemiptera: Membracidae
By Vijin Varghese, Kerala, India
#arthropodPOTW
#entomology #insects #photography
Eggplant horned planthopper
Leptocentrus taurus
Hemiptera: Membracidae
By Vijin Varghese, Kerala, India
#arthropodPOTW
#entomology #insects #photography
AnnaAnthroScientists trace a #butterfly migration route between Africa and Europe that is millions of years old
Flipboard Science DeskTwo Belgian teenagers were charged with wildlife piracy after they were found with thousands of ants packed in test tubes in what Kenyan authorities said was part of a trend in trafficking smaller and lesser known species.
@AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/RnLBW2
Belgian teens arrested with 5,000 smuggled ants as Kenya warns of changing trafficking trends
Two Belgian teenagers have been charged in Kenya with wildlife piracy after they were found with thousands of ants packed in test tubes in what Kenyan authorities said was part of a trend in trafficking smaller and lesser known species. Lornoy David and Seppe Lodewijckx were arrested on April 5 with 5,000 ants at a guest house. They appeared distraught during their appearance before a magistrate, and said they were collecting the ants for fun and did not know that it was illegal. In a separate criminal case, Kenyan Dennis Ng’ang’a and Vietnamese Duh Hung Nguyen also have been charged with illegal trafficking, following their arrests while in possession of 400 ants.
Composite image from #AutomatedMothTrap operated in #Aranda, #ACT, #Australia over night of 15 to 16 Apr 2025.
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The Naturalist Bot🐛 Tachystola hemisema
📅 Observed on 2024-04-13
👤 By: pat1772
📌 Location: Melbourne VIC, Australia
🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/246913969
📷 Photo credits: (c) Patrick Neyman, some rights reserved (CC BY)
🔎 Learn more about the taxon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachystola_hemisema
#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Entomology #Insects
🐛 Myscelia orsis (orsis bluewing)
📅 Observed on 2024-04-13
👤 By: rodrigo_lazaro
📌 Location: Jardim Barbacena, Cotia - SP, 06710, Brasil
🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/238694938
📷 Photo credits: (c) rodrigo_lazaro, some rights reserved (CC BY)
🔎 Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myscelia_orsis
#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Entomology #Insects
Composite image from #AutomatedMothTrap operated in #Aranda, #ACT, #Australia over night of 14 to 15 Apr 2025.
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Composite image from #AutomatedMothTrap operated in #Aranda, #ACT, #Australia over night of 12 to 13 Apr 2025.
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