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#InktoberDay19 "Scorched"
Apis cerana japonica defends itself against predatory giant Asian hornets by a sort of colony fever. Hundreds of bees coat the hornet and twitch their flight muscles, until things get hot enough to cook the hornet live!
#SocInsectober #Inktober2018
#InktoberDay18 "Bottle"
Ants play an important religious role in many Native American cultures, which can be seen through pottery design (https://t.co/6UicdqRByI). I made my own ceramic "bottle" complete with ant slip decoration
#Antinktober #SocInsectober #Inktober2018
#InktoberDay17 "Swollen"
Repletes of the honey pot ant myrmecocystus mexicanus turn themselves into living containers for the colony. #SocInsectober #AntInktober #Inktober2018
#InktoberDay16 "Angular"
What could be more amazingly angled than the tremendous fish hook spines of Southeast Asian Polyrhachis? #AntInktober #SocInsectober #Intober2018
#InktoberDay15 "Weak"
The more subterranean the ant, the less adapted to extremes, for groups too! Having some sensitive members matters more above ground. Neivamyrmex macrodentatus, the most hypogaeic in our study, had the weakest links! https://t.co/Mm9Vh8YuI3 #SocInsectober
Catchup #InktoberDay14 "Clock"
The amazing mandibles of Termes panamaensis soldiers can snap past one another at a devastating 230 ft/s, generating a massive force used to clock opponents senseless.
Mark Seid's paper on this: https://t.co/5lUEfiR00B
#SocInsectober #Inktober2018
Catchup #InktoberDay13 "Guarded"
The stingless bee Tetragonisca angustula has 2types of nest entrance guards. I study how bees are assigned to each job. Look for a great talk by Laura Strickland on hovering/standing ratios @DARS2018Boulder this week!
#Inktober2018 #Socinsectober
Catchup #InktoberDay12: "Whale"
Thinking about the largest extant vertebrate made think of the largest extant eusocial insect, Macrotermes bellicosus, with queens up to 4.7 inches! -I drew it sitting next to a whale. Does that count? #Socinsectober #Inktober2018
Catchup #InktoberDay11 "Cruel"
It's common to find workers of the harvester ant Pogonomyemex californicus walking around with decapitated foes permanently attached to their waists, sometimes sill alive. Happy Halloween everyone! #AntInktober #SocInsectober #InktoberDay11
Catchup #InktoberDay10 "Flowing"
Army ants sometimes make hammocks to help access brood in the nests of other social insects (see viral video: https://t.co/pTFfgq9agp). For other living army ant structures, check out my new bivouac paper: https://t.co/ZjjT4oMPr9 #SocInsectober
Catchup #InktoberDay8 "Precious"
What could be more precious than a baby -a baby ant that is! Brachyponera chinensis larvae have some wicked cool sticky tubercles which help them stick to nest chamber walls. #SocInsectober #Antinktober #Inktober2018
Catch-up #InktoberDay7 "Exhausted" Like many animals, social insects need their sleep. How can you tell if a bee is sleeping? The antennae will droop. For more reading about insect sleep:
https://t.co/G5Rl9ubZkt
#Socinsectober #Beetober #Inktober2018
#inktoberday4 "Spell" - Ballpoint pen ink contains chemicals also found in the trails of Formosan subterranean termites, but many small insects will avoid the intense aroma of sharpie ink.
Read more about it here: https://t.co/oE6biZCqKc
#Socinsectober #inktober #Inktober2018
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