#{ant}

[bugthingsdaily]

Today's bug thing is this ant vase by Bradley Macom!

[seabeck]

Ophiocordyceps myrmecophila on western black carpenter ant (Camponotus modoc)

[vhsdruid]

amt

[spacerockband]

random bug event

[sheishine]

Fungi and Parasitized Ant (2023).

The print is available on my Etsy shop.

[ratbugs]

working on insect samples in the lab today,

a longhorn crazy ant (not a sample) climbs into my petri dish and tries to run off with one of my flies. then i spend like ten minutes playing catch the fucking CRIMINAL as it runs around the dish grabbing different fly samples and trying to get away with them

JAIL

[futurebird]

Are Humans Self-Aware?

Ants have often tested humans for self awareness. They placed objects in our homes and were shocked we didn't cover them in sand.

"Although humans build interesting nests & show signs of cooperation, can they really have rich inner lives like ants? Unlikely."

They laid pheromone trails & we ignored them.

"Even a newly eclosed callow or a termite could have followed these trails! Human intelligence is perhaps similar to that of a lichen... or perhaps an aphid at best."