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(DIR) Post #Aiyz9plhe3OmyqAEt6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T10:43:03Z
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Exciting ant queen collecting trip in AZ. Why does it feel like all the coolest ants are in the South and South West. It's not fair. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV1CkkkKbOM
(DIR) Post #AiyzowpOIpv6kQUg1g by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T10:50:30Z
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We discuss the environmental impact of antkeeping often and some people worry that collecting queens could harm ant populations. The consensus seems to be that, unless antkeeping becomes much much much more popular attracting industrial levels of collecting, taking alate queens is probably the least harmful way to get an ant colony. Queens are released in the 100s and most are eaten by birds, or never find a place to nest. A queen collector denies a bird or lizard a meal mostly.
(DIR) Post #Aiz04m99mbckFoHoX2 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T10:53:23Z
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What *is* harmful is collecting established colonies. Worse? An establish colony hardly ever thrives after being collected, the trauma is just too much. The workers never adjust. It's not worth it. So, if you want to keep ants learn when your local species fly and catch those queens. Don't feel bad about catching two or three for each colony you intend to raise. (Queen often randomly die early on.)Put them in test tubes and there begins a multi-year commitment to an incredible pet.
(DIR) Post #Aiz0EvatVqYIRz6Laq by SehrLesbisch@chaos.social
2024-06-16T10:55:09Z
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@futurebird catch a queen, feed a bird to compensate. you have just made two friends.
(DIR) Post #Aiz0bXqdxwC5SpFimu by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T10:59:11Z
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@riley Just what people know from experience. I don't think there is any particular mechanism. But if a colony is dug up the ants see this as an attack. They will try to relocate but instead find themselves in an artificial environment with few options. Whereas a single queen in a test tube quickly decides "yes I must have dug this perfect little hole" she quickly becomes less concerned with constantly fluctuating light & vibrations. All the workers have never known anything else.
(DIR) Post #Aiz0sHPELn1lOOPUAa by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T11:02:16Z
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@riley Food is also a problem for established colonies. Ants are wary of new foods, when the colony learns that they like something they dig right in without hesitation. Pet colonies know how to drink sugar water from a feeder, how to get water to hydrate their nest from a water bottle and they learn to like dubias and feeder flies. In the wild they may have had a heard of aphids, or other complex relations that you break by digging up the colony. Rather than eat the pet food they grow weak.
(DIR) Post #Aiz1S28uZmHCTmpG1w by cpm@spore.social
2024-06-16T11:08:45Z
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@futurebirdsorry for butting in; really.however, can you tell me what is this deep affinity our wonder m.minima has for *any* outdoor electronics?Trying to fiddle with environmental remote sensing stuff,&it becomes unreliable, and when I check things out, is *loaded*!& of course, they panic trying to save the eggs, and I feel terrible!
(DIR) Post #Aiz1andVscOc5wJrcG by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T11:10:16Z
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@riley There are special guides on keeping parasitic queens. Often this means raising a common species of queen (such as Formica subseria) and then stealing the brood and callows from that queens nest. You then introduce the parasitic queen to the brood and callows and hopefully she starts caring for them. (And they take care of her) and then she starts laying her own eggs and you have a colony. This is considered "advanced antkeeping"https://www.formiculture.com/topic/3252-much-ado-about-the-founding-of-lasius-temporary-social-parasites/
(DIR) Post #Aiz20hLdskMG7aJGjI by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T11:15:02Z
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@cpm A few factors cause some smaller species of ants to be attracted to electronics. The most basic is heat: electronics are warm. Ants look for ways to keep their brood warm. Electronics are often in plastic cases. Ants find this delightful for maintaining precise levels of humidity. There are often narrow gaps that form perfect brood chambers. Lastly there does seem to be something about electrical fields themselves that attracts some ants, this is poorly understood.
(DIR) Post #Aiz2QLOS8DM9YjqxrE by kechpaja@social.kechpaja.com
2024-06-16T11:19:39Z
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@futurebird Now I'm trying to think what the conversation with my landlord would be like if I ever asked for an exception to be made to the "no pets" rule for ants."What about a terrarium pet?""Oh, they're ants. But they'll be contained.""Yes, I'm going to have to breed cockroaches too. But they will also stay in their container."
(DIR) Post #Aiz2fyorpRFSBGfF3o by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T11:22:30Z
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@kechpaja Rationally landlords should not care about pet ants because they won't scratch things or leave hair around which is what landlords worry about with cats and dogs. (And they worry too much.)The laws are probably on your side so I would just not ask. Often the law doesn't even allow "no dogs or cats" rules, but this varies. Landlords can be upset about damage if it occurs and that's about it. Irrationally? People think ants will "spread" this is so impossible it's absurd.
(DIR) Post #Aiz2xVmeWOLxLAzK1Q by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T11:25:32Z
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@kechpaja Despite loving ants I have no wild ants in my apartment. I have wild house spiders (fat due to escaped ants) ant that's it. Because I have Pica there are no pest roaches. My feeder roaches wouldn't last a day if they got out, but they are less interested in exploring than ants and never even try to clim the sides of their enclosure.
(DIR) Post #Aiz33IV0pGYPsQUnrs by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T11:26:43Z
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@kechpaja When I kept feeder crickets (because I didn't want to keep roaches, out of my NYC prejudice against them-- I'm glad I got over that, dubias are much better feeders than crickets... dubias don't smell, don't make noise) A cricket escaped and was chirping from under the couch for a month. Feeder crickets are VERY annoying to keep and I could see escaped crickets becoming "a problem"
(DIR) Post #Aiz3FTmUho96LHTvRA by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T11:28:55Z
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@kechpaja Is a house really a home if you don't have a spider under the sink?
(DIR) Post #Aiz6OWbHtPd9YSFEOm by llewelly@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T12:04:10Z
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@futurebird @kechpaja when I lived in the SF bay area, I visited about 4 exotic pet stores, and, strangely (or it seemed strange to me), more than half had various kinds of live feeder crickets that they sold out of open topped bins. It wasn't too difficult for the crickets to just hop out. And they did. Practically every where in the store, there were loose crickets.
(DIR) Post #Aiz6ahSBMnxGgqn7Wi by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T12:06:22Z
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@llewelly @kechpaja Ugh. I don't like that very much. Crickets are not as sweet as they seem. They are cannibals.
(DIR) Post #Aiz7EZl7OVvAPQf9F2 by SapoconchaTradutora@mastodon.social
2024-06-16T12:12:55Z
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@futurebird @kechpaja This brings back some memories... When I was finishing my MSc thesis, I used to stay late in the lab writing. Next door was the reptiles lab, so they kept feeder crickets. And of course one cricket escaped into our lab, hid under our freezer, and kept serenading me every night for one month.
(DIR) Post #Aiz7PYENPrMwr5a7Fo by errg@ioc.exchange
2024-06-16T12:14:59Z
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@futurebird @kechpaja Who is Pica?
(DIR) Post #Aiz7ZD7KlqeQGhtRwG by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T12:17:16Z
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@errg @kechpaja Pica eats bugs.
(DIR) Post #Aiz8E54nZUHVCeCCnI by errg@ioc.exchange
2024-06-16T12:24:41Z
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@futurebird @kechpaja What a talented sweet thing!
(DIR) Post #Aiz8nwvTLsHcLkwA1g by xris@ecoevo.social
2024-06-16T12:31:09Z
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@futurebird Bees, too.They all like that dry heat!
(DIR) Post #AizCD5e4N1o0UiTbt2 by iDGS@mas.to
2024-06-16T13:09:04Z
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@SapoconchaTradutora @futurebird @kechpaja 😹 Heh! Reminds me of a time when I simply could not find a REALLY LOUD cricket CHIRPING AWAY in our kitchen. Finally located it in the metal echo chamber of an empty tea kettle sitting right on the counter. 🤦♂️
(DIR) Post #AizCKXdKi3jFKDgXse by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T13:10:37Z
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@iDGS @SapoconchaTradutora @kechpaja You ruined that poor dude's game! He found a way to be the sexiest cricket in the area and probably felt so proud of the racket he was making."any moment now I'll be covered in ladies" he was thinking as he slowly drove you mad LMAO
(DIR) Post #AizDBItkE3QYyLWL5c by iDGS@mas.to
2024-06-16T13:20:11Z
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@futurebird @SapoconchaTradutora @kechpaja Well, in admiration and recognition of his cricket genius, I did at least carry him in that vessel of honor to the great outdoors and set him free. 🦗💨…Plus, ever since, I ALWAYS keep the lid on that kettle! 🤣
(DIR) Post #AizDI7fsLyfmBpHjhQ by ElizaRose@romancelandia.club
2024-06-16T13:21:25Z
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@futurebird @kechpaja I have at least one bathroom spider, and it makes using the bathroom feel a lot cozier. (Also black widows by the grill. A little less cozy.)
(DIR) Post #AizDXnBgI847HedLaC by llewelly@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T13:24:17Z
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@futurebird @iDGS @SapoconchaTradutora @kechpaja ha ha ha.occasionally I've seen a woodpecker using an old metal satellite dish as a snare drum.
(DIR) Post #AizECswtm6DZ1fJWIC by aronow@hachyderm.io
2024-06-16T13:31:41Z
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@futurebird @errg @kechpaja PICA! :blobfoxaww:
(DIR) Post #AizF64RKkmGGairdBY by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T13:41:31Z
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@aronow @errg @kechpaja This website is full of knee-jerk Pica defenders and worse? the "acolytes" (I think she is running a CULT) I try to explain all the things she is up to. I TRY so hard to warn people but more and more people just become "pro-Pica" and basically say she can do no wrong. She steals the ham from my sandwich and everyone defends it. She runs online crypto scams and everyone buys them. I don't know what to do to stop her! #pica #caturday #catsofmastodon
(DIR) Post #AizFJzJMcNfKjulx4q by RogerBW@emacs.ch
2024-06-16T13:43:45Z
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@futurebird @aronow @errg @kechpaja "And when your name gets to the top of the list, you will receive 36,000 mice!"
(DIR) Post #AizFOf4VIQ5lPo3BB2 by lappenjammer@openbiblio.social
2024-06-16T13:44:59Z
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@futurebird Yeah, but she also gave me a degree in Sleeping so Pica is Queen.
(DIR) Post #AizFQXDNTk7Dcv5u76 by grumpasaurus@fosstodon.org
2024-06-16T13:45:14Z
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@futurebird @aronow @errg @kechpaja newtons law. The more you push... You only have yourself to blame
(DIR) Post #AizFS1LMwhAlMLXaLI by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T13:45:12Z
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@lappenjammer OMG
(DIR) Post #AizFWsXV6ij3V8X1Xc by lappenjammer@openbiblio.social
2024-06-16T13:46:30Z
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@futurebird I think it's totally worth the mortgage for the tuition fees.
(DIR) Post #AizFonZiIrdHJj6yjg by aronow@hachyderm.io
2024-06-16T13:49:33Z
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@futurebird @errg @kechpaja look at that smile, how could you not follow??
(DIR) Post #AizFtracnuw1DTx8ka by LightFIAR@med-mastodon.com
2024-06-16T13:50:38Z
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@futurebird @aronow @errg @kechpaja Silly biped! Simple solution: adore the divinity of felinity and your concerns will melt away. Meow!
(DIR) Post #AizFxTTyNOi7biYzTs by nathaliaassaad@mastodon.world
2024-06-16T13:51:17Z
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@futurebird @aronow @errg @kechpaja I’m supposed to be helping my husband out in the garden before the rain starts falling and here I am laughing out loud about Pica’s shenanigans!
(DIR) Post #AizGGiupDk38yTImSu by faassen@fosstodon.org
2024-06-16T13:54:47Z
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@futurebird@aronow @errg @kechpaja Is Pica in league with the dastardly time genie?
(DIR) Post #AizGkstkfaJQcfBKPg by flowerpot@mas.to
2024-06-16T14:00:08Z
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@futurebird @errg @kechpaja She is extremely cute. Bugs seem to agree with her.
(DIR) Post #AizGwKnxFpXqMHviwy by IzabelaKaramia@writing.exchange
2024-06-16T14:02:19Z
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@futurebird Pica! Such a good kitty cat! She also resembles mine tabby markings with mittens and socks and cream filling.
(DIR) Post #AizHaapL6RjRdNm4dk by MennoWolff@ohai.social
2024-06-16T14:09:35Z
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@futurebird @kechpaja What a difference a capital letter makes! Because I have [Pica/pica] there are no pest roaches. My feeder roaches wouldn't last a day if they got out...
(DIR) Post #AizJ5hHFGtfwZPDrUW by dotsandlines@c.im
2024-06-16T14:26:24Z
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@futurebird I’ve been wondering what your approach would be if wild ants *did* get in your place.
(DIR) Post #AizJFGbHJJ3AjG9jXs by catselbow@fosstodon.org
2024-06-16T14:28:08Z
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@futurebird @errg @kechpaja Campaign slogan if ever I heard one.
(DIR) Post #AizJQnesk1m0RULCvg by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T14:30:14Z
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@dotsandlines What I did for my mom. I observed the ants in her kitchen for days making her exasperated since I wouldn't let anyone kill them. I found their nest (outside under a rock) and how they were getting in (old milk delivery box) WHY they were coming in (for water) There was a leak under the sink (where I found a second colony of carpenter ants.)I relocated the carpenter ants, fixed the leak and sealed the holes. No more unwanted breakfast guests!
(DIR) Post #AizJcLl0Is6ZNoiCsS by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T14:32:18Z
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@dotsandlines I could do "pest control" and be very good at it. But most people lack the patience for my methods. If my mom had sprayed them like she wanted to they would have come back in two months when the spray wore off. She would have killed the helpful spiders that are keeping things in balence, and the carpenter ants would have exploded in population freaking her out more. To shape an ecosystem (our homes are ecosystem) you must observe and understand it first.
(DIR) Post #AizJzPgrqUTeF5m5xo by catselbow@fosstodon.org
2024-06-16T14:36:25Z
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@futurebird @aronow @errg @kechpaja Is she still selling those autographed bibles? I've learned so much from the one I bought, like for example how it's totally OK to covet your neighbor's mozzarella sticks.
(DIR) Post #AizKkb0rZBSIy8criq by grumpasaurus@fosstodon.org
2024-06-16T14:45:00Z
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@futurebird @dotsandlines I think I watched an educational video on this in elementary school
(DIR) Post #AizKmBfgkyLGx8Tqxk by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T14:45:13Z
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@violetmadder @dotsandlines They were living in the insulation of the pipe. I picked it up in one chunk, checked I had the queen & took them to the other side of the creek. Then I used my ant vacuum to get the dozen or so angry stragglers. Put them with the rest of the colony and watched with delight as they all disappeared into a crack near the foot of an oak tree. They will miss having "running water" but there is a stream right there... figure it out, girls! You can't live with my mom!
(DIR) Post #AizKoZO5YGCd5PNt4q by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T14:45:43Z
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@violetmadder @dotsandlines I kinda wanted to keep that colony, but I didn't have a proper container to take them home with me.
(DIR) Post #AizL4qVleYsKpPjldA by dalias@hachyderm.io
2024-06-16T14:48:40Z
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@futurebird @dotsandlines The worst thing about sprays is how almost all of them kill spiders, and advertise this like it's a feature rather than like an HP printer.
(DIR) Post #AizL8RvL0kpdjIPpwm by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T14:49:18Z
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@violetmadder @kechpaja Pica is the name of my cat. She's.... special. https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/112626584195458001
(DIR) Post #AizPfPw1pI2kvyiMWe by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T15:40:03Z
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@psistarpsiii @kechpaja @errg nooo not another one!you don't have to worship and serve her OK? you know that... right?(Shown Below: Pica and the key's to her penthouse apartment... which I pay the mortgage on... for some reason.)
(DIR) Post #AizPlKWspwzjuGlxmi by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T15:40:50Z
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@jgeorge @errg @kechpaja What a lovely round girl.
(DIR) Post #AizQLTvrM3XJUgh3LM by Woodswalked@mstdn.party
2024-06-16T15:47:43Z
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@futurebird “you don't have to worship and serve her OK? you know that... right?”You aren’t being clear. The way that you wrote that sounds like Pica doesn’t need worshipers to serve her. You just mean that the application process is arduous and we shouldn’t get our hopes up.Right?cc: @psistarpsiii @kechpaja @errg
(DIR) Post #AizQPCmz2CgzU3Jj4y by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T15:48:20Z
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@RnDanger @psistarpsiii @kechpaja @errg I'm skeptical about if one can make a key from a photo (I've tried it and it failed badly) But I know who see my posts and I would get so many complaints if I don't blur them ... FINE... LMAO It's probably for the best either way. (If someone knows where I live and get past the doorman and cameras I have bigger problems than a fake key 😬-- my building is pretty darn secure IMO)
(DIR) Post #AizQRfw9dNwESnmi7E by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T15:48:49Z
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@psistarpsiii @errg @kechpaja RIP she's gotten to you too
(DIR) Post #AizRsTTq9irHbQsqPI by skyfaller@jawns.club
2024-06-16T16:04:51Z
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@futurebird Can you recommend an ant vacuum brand or model? I would like to be able to collect ants without hurting/killing them in the future.
(DIR) Post #AizS6OCIaubfGwJWNc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T16:07:21Z
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@skyfaller I basically bought a cheap car vacuum and 3D printed an attachment to let it suck through an aspirator like this onehttps://mississippientomologicalmuseum.org.msstate.edu/collecting.preparation.methods/aspirator.htm
(DIR) Post #AizU1VSGNqPkF1a33g by IngaLovinde@embracing.space
2024-06-16T16:28:53Z
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@futurebird @kechpaja here in Germany, any "no pets" roles, and any rules that tenants must get a permission for a pet from a landlord, only apply to "uncontained" pets; "contained" small pets (those that do not interact with the rental property directly) are explicitly excluded by law.So having even a thousand of hamsters does not violate any "no pets" rules as long as they're in their cages / aquariums and are not free roaming all over the apartment.
(DIR) Post #AizUBGgi8qS3L1zd4a by trachelipus@masto.ai
2024-06-16T16:23:09Z
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@dalias @futurebird @dotsandlines Some pesticide company in my area is cold calling this summer. First they say they are "helping" a neighbor with a spider and ant outbreak. Then they offer to provide the same chemical-free spray service to me. Uh, I'd rather my spiders were left alone, and I'm 100% certain they are spraying chemicals. It might not be an organophosphate, but it is a chemical of some sort.
(DIR) Post #AizfezctEvt0bca9yq by Pollinators@epicure.social
2024-06-16T18:39:06Z
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@futurebird @dotsandlines. It’s a job well done.
(DIR) Post #AizmL5gQAbIDiNhJmy by sbourne@mastodon.social
2024-06-16T19:54:06Z
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@futurebird I don't understand what you're complaining about. I see nothing "wrong".Kona agrees!
(DIR) Post #Aizp3Ev6Xw0WHnOZwu by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T20:24:32Z
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@dotsandlines Maybe if I ever have to give up teaching I will open up a "Meditate and Observe Insect Management" serviceWhen inspecting a problem the first steps would be observation of the insects and then meditation on why they are there doing whatever they are doing? How have we made conditions that lead to this happening? What can we change?Probably go broke doing that but it'd be fun!
(DIR) Post #Aizq6NMhhhORIjMdaC by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T20:36:17Z
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@dotsandlines "And how do you think the roach feels about all of this?"
(DIR) Post #AizqfHMA2IlmnhklAu by glitzersachen@hachyderm.io
2024-06-16T20:42:35Z
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@futurebird @dotsandlines I'd probably charter your services. I drove my wife to distraction when we had ants in the house and I always told her, that we need to find out how and why they get into the house (and prevent them from doing so), instead of poisoning them _in_ the house. The latter makes no sense, because there are always more ants outside (waiting to get into the house I presume).
(DIR) Post #Aizr8tD6NKRUbHdRxI by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T20:47:59Z
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@glitzersachen @dotsandlines Exactly. And if the queen is outside? It's a hopeless method. Insects make sense and do things for sensible reasons. If you don't want them around you can remove the things that attract them, block their paths, and change the environment so they don't bother you anymore. It's not like "pests" get a kick out of making people scream & creeping us out. They are just trying to live. We've somehow sent them the wrong message that they are welcome where they are not.
(DIR) Post #AizwjHZTIlDsxiKaB6 by johnefrancis@mastodon.social
2024-06-16T21:21:56Z
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@futurebird @glitzersachen @dotsandlines do the scouts return to the nest every night, so they can be tracked? I seem to always have a few just sort of hanging out, slowly exploring. They don't call out a large horror show formation, but having a random scout exploring your neck is a bit too much.
(DIR) Post #AizwjImGof3ShhKJlY by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T21:26:55Z
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@johnefrancis @glitzersachen @dotsandlines Many species of ants have multiple nests, older ants may never return to the main nest, but relay information about good finds to younger ants who have contact with the queen and brood. This is a natural barrier to keep poisons and pathogens from reaching the most sensitive and irreplaceable members of the colony. So to track ants you may first need to find the outpost, then track those going from outpost to the main nest. Ants have opsec.
(DIR) Post #AizwjJi3LpH9auMSpc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T21:31:35Z
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@johnefrancis @glitzersachen @dotsandlines The location of the queen is strictly "need to know" with carpenter ants. This is called polydomy, ants have multiple nests so that if one is destroyed the colony survives.
(DIR) Post #AizwjKNWrcS7fXlaTo by glitzersachen@hachyderm.io
2024-06-16T21:50:31Z
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@futurebird @johnefrancis @dotsandlines Very sophisticated. My respect for ants has grown more and more over the last twenty years.
(DIR) Post #AizwtlpDfm2RgmhKy0 by johnefrancis@mastodon.social
2024-06-16T21:30:54Z
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@futurebird @glitzersachen @dotsandlines my neighbor has a queen-marker...perhaps I should borrow it and pressure their opsec...
(DIR) Post #AizxQl0bjFFciIko8O by kate@aus.social
2024-06-16T21:08:00Z
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@futurebird @glitzersachen @dotsandlines I love this whole thread, thank you.
(DIR) Post #Aizxe4QgpnJai6ImpM by Da_Gut@dice.camp
2024-06-16T21:37:38Z
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@futurebird @johnefrancis @glitzersachen @dotsandlines This is incredibly interesting! Thank you! It deserves more than a boost and a favorite, and that's what this is!
(DIR) Post #Aj00DXWYqvh4zQ5a8e by dotsandlines@c.im
2024-06-16T22:29:38Z
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@futurebird Sounds good to me 😃I’m not sure the condo HOA wants me poking around looking for the queen, but if an expert was available…
(DIR) Post #Aj00NxBeIIo9TdH0EK by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T22:31:31Z
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@dotsandlines I'd need to get a little vest and a clipboard or something. That always helps with HOAs.
(DIR) Post #Aj01qH7hrf4nN4UvYm by indigoparadox@mastodon.social
2024-06-16T22:41:04Z
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@kechpaja @futurebird Me: I promise not to let my cockroaches get out and contact the ultra dimension.Six months later: 💅
(DIR) Post #Aj083YV1Ahxcke7Kk4 by indigoparadox@mastodon.social
2024-06-16T23:57:13Z
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@ireneista @kechpaja @futurebird "That Time My Pet Cockroach Became a Supermodel and MMA Champion," a soon-to-be-released autobiographical light novel. 😌
(DIR) Post #Aj0AJoJgKbu6Lhh4Nc by Susan60@aus.social
2024-06-17T00:22:49Z
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@futurebird Your interest in ants is making me giggle. As a child I was fascinated by… just about everything, & did have an “ant farm”, in a glass jar. I don’t remember what became of the poor things. I don’t like it when ants invade my home, but am careful not to step on them outside. We’re trying to deal with an incursion of fire ants in Australia, which could pose a serious threat to our wildlife & our outdoorsy lifestyles.
(DIR) Post #Aj1DLAFAmmeFfJsjHE by cpm@spore.social
2024-06-17T12:31:21Z
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@futurebirdthe EM field thing.That's the aspect that really gets my attention.They & Us.We are completely transfixed by complex EM. the 'blinkenlites'as the saying goes.Why would we think ants are so different?when -in demonstrable fact- we are so very much alike?we underestimate them, the same way we overestimate ourselves.
(DIR) Post #Aj1H2TOHm0QjMaUFnM by Red_Shirt_no2@c.im
2024-06-17T13:12:44Z
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@futurebird @glitzersachen @dotsandlines Although the human screaming and being creeped out at the end of a successful game of SimAnt _was_ pretty funnyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimAnt
(DIR) Post #Aj2i6tZpFPo7enB5Qe by Landa@graz.social
2024-06-18T05:50:51Z
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@futurebird the places one can get with a clipboard or a hi-vis vest and a helmet are amazing 😇@dotsandlines
(DIR) Post #Aj6XG45kzHhQ36YQ2i by ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org
2024-06-20T02:08:07Z
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@futurebird @dotsandlines can you come to my house? LOL.
(DIR) Post #Aj6nEkWPrStyKZQ06i by jhulten@fosstodon.org
2024-06-20T05:07:10Z
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@futurebird @dotsandlinesThe youngest child who still throws food on the floor is our "reason why". Our final solution is to borrow my BILs dog for cleaning.
(DIR) Post #AjAVndMggmBcII6cJU by duncanlock@cosocial.ca
2024-06-22T00:10:36Z
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@futurebirdZenstermination."But when do we exterminate the ants!""That's the best part - you don't."@dotsandlines @nev