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Asian Marauder Ants scurrying by on a rock I wanted to sit on... these ones looked too mean to mess with! They were feeding on tree-sap.
Not sure why I didn't post this earlier. Anyway, it's an ant on a butterflyweed, Asclepias tuberosa, in my wife's flower garden. Those are nearly open flower buds on the right. The ant may have been tending to the aphids on the plants. Asclepias is a member of the milkweed family.
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Prepare me to bobard your feeds with stills from Ant-Man and the Wasp! Just kidding, instead of me going all out, I only decided to post five stills that I thought were cool that I want to talk about!
I loved this still because it sorta reminded me of some old Godzilla stuff or something like that. I can't wait to see more Giant Man in this movie!!
Ant mimicry is mimicry of ants by other organisms. Ants are abundant all over the world, and predators that rely on vision to identify their prey such as birds and wasps normally avoid them, either because they are unpalatable, or aggressive. Thus some other arthropods mimic ants to escape predation (protective mimicry). Conversely, some species (e.g. Zodariidae spiders) use their anatomical and behavioral ant mimicry to hunt ants (aggressive mimicry).
Taken with Sony a7, minolta 100mm 2.8 macro and raynox 250
This caterpillar was very much alive and trying desperately to get away, however the ants were unrelenting.
When we where kids we called Peonies 'ant flowers' because they where always covered in ants. I did a quick search but couldn't find a definitive answer as to why. most sources agree t the plants secrete some sort of nectar that attracts the ants, but they where less clear what the ants actually do for the plants. one suggestion is that they somehow help the flowers to open. but, again I couldn't find much as to how exactly that takes place.
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I caught these two little ants privately eating this piece of bread, so i thought to intrude and take the pic :)
The relationship between some ants and aphids is an amazing example of mutualism. The ants stimulate the aphids to excrete a sugary substance referred to as "honey dew" by stroking the aphids with their antennae. The ants actually herd and even carry the aphids to a host plant where the aphids feed from and then produce the honey dew. In turn, the ants will protect and defend their herd of aphids and will do this to an unusual extent. If this is something you are unfamiliar with, I definitely suggest looking it up to learn more!
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Three Legged Cross, Dorset
Ant Damsel Bug [Himacerus mirmicoides]
HEMIPTERA > HETEROPTERA (true bugs) > Nabidae (Damsel Bugs)
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This particular species of Damsel Bug is so named because the early instar larvae are strikingly ant-like in appearance. This specimen is around 7-8mm long and is a freshly emerged overwintering adult.
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The Ant
by Ogden Nash
The ant has made himself illustrious
Through constant industry industrious.
So what?
Would you be calm and placid
If you were full of formic acid?
Was completely fascinated to see these ants ferreting around in the sticky strelitzia and just kept on shooting them. I could not decide which photograph so I am including the one below.
Ants (Dolichoderus indrapurensis) tending to extrafoliar nectaries on Leea sp. Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).
This caterpillar (Homodes sp.) lives among weaver ants, and actually mimics their antennae and legs -- at both ends. I'm not sure how, but they are able to live on the same plant as the ants without being attacked. Thanks to Nicky Bay for the find.
In the garden taking pictures of snap dragons and saw this little guy hanging out. He skittered off right after I snapped the shot so got a bit lucky catching him on the tiny flower.
Lone Ant dragged this Woodlouse on its own about 4 feet, which is probably like me dragging a dead cow half a mile. Not the best macro, but thought it was worth posting.
This spider really looked like an ant. It even held up its front legs to look like antennae.
13th of Arachtober 2015