Anochetus mayri is an ant most North American myrmecologists will not have encountered in the field. This toothy exotic is a small brown insect, less than half a centimeter long, known in the United States only from scattered locations in suburban Florida. I photographed one this summer on a collecting trip to West Palm Beach. [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Mayr’s Trap-Jaw Ant, Anochetus mayri
Posted in Ants, Nature, Science, tagged anochetus, Ants, invasive species on November 30, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Sunday Night Movie: Bohemian Rhapsody
Posted in fun, tagged muppets on November 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The definitive muppet version:
The Life and Times of Mingus the Cat
Posted in cats, tagged Photography on November 28, 2009 | 14 Comments »
November 2009 edition.
Myrmecos Blog at Two Years
Posted in Blogging, Navel-Gazing, tagged blogiversary on November 27, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Myrmecos Blog appeared online two years ago today. While I’m obviously the guy writing most of the posts, the reason we’re still on the air isn’t me and my bloviating. It is all of you guys- the readers, the guest bloggers, the commentators. Without the life provided to the site by the many participants, [...]
Friday Beetle Blogging: Notoxus flower beetle
Posted in beetles, Nature, tagged anthicidae, coleoptera, notoxus, Photography on November 27, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Notoxus desertus – Antlike Flower Beetle Pyramid Lake, Nevada This furry little beetle comes with its own sun visor, a horn-like structure that projects over the head from the pronotum. I photographed this Notoxus along the shores of Pyramid Lake where it was feeding on pollen. Photo details: Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens on [...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted in Navel-Gazing on November 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Now stop playing around on the internet and go spend some time with your friends and family.
Giant Water Bug
Posted in Nature, tagged belostomatidae, hemiptera, Insects, Photography on November 24, 2009 | 10 Comments »
I’m so used to taking photos of fast-moving ants and beetles that a sedentary insect comes as something of a relief. Instead, the challenge with this Belostoma giant water bug was lighting the shot. Aquariums are prone to reflections and dust on the glass. I arranged a diffused flash above the tank, positioned behind the [...]
Wanted: Azteca, ASAP
Posted in Ants, Science, tagged specimen requests on November 23, 2009 | 6 Comments »
An urgent bleg to Myrmecos readers: If you have recent collections of Azteca ants suitable for molecular work, and you can mail them out within the week, please consider sending me any samples you can spare. I’d be especially grateful for species like Azteca instabilis, A. trigona, or A. velox that do not live in [...]
Sunday Night Movie: The Pistol Shrimp
Posted in fun, Nature, tagged crustaceans on November 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
from the BBC’s Weird Nature
Ant fungus gardens fix atmospheric nitrogen
Posted in Ants, Science, tagged ants did it first, nitrogen, zoology on November 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The textbook version of the leafcutter ant and its fungus is a simple story: attine ants cultivate an edible fungus in their nests. They are obligate farmers, eating only the fungus, and the fungus is a specialized cultivar found only in ant nests. It’s a nice tale, but as researchers probe deeper they continually uncover [...]
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