Posted in Ants, Insects, Photography, tagged Ants, arizona, Photography on November 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
If I had to pick a favorite myrmicine ant, I’d go with the heavily armored Neotropical genus Cephalotes. These arboreal ants are typically thought of as rainforest canopy dwellers, but we have a desert species here in Arizona, Cephalotes rohweri, that is the northernmost species in an otherwise tropical genus. They nest in [...]
Posted in Blogging on November 30, 2007 | No Comments »
Matt Dowling’s Ontogeny Blog welcomes me to the blogosphere. Thanks Matt!
***update***
Hey, I’ve drawn the attention of The Ant Room, too!
Posted in Insects, Photography on November 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Once, I showed the above photograph to an expert on ground beetles. His only comment: “That looks dead”.
It wasn’t dead, I had merely stuck it in the fridge to cool it down enough to sit still for a shot or two. I had spent the previous 20 minutes chasing the darn thing around the [...]
Posted in Insects, Photography on November 27, 2007 | No Comments »
details: Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens, f/11, 1/200 sec, with diffuse flash.
Posted in Blogging, Navel-Gazing on November 27, 2007 | No Comments »
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