Post Aj4fLfu8Eup25UNnFI by KateShaw@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AizkGaoULFLyTFBwuG by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T19:30:54Z
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@dodecahedron Green ants in Ohio? Ohio USA, not ... Thailand or Australia?Green ants are remarkably rare, globally. The most commonly seen green ant is Oecophylla smaragdina, the weaver ant which has many green morphs. But these would never be found under a rock or in the USA. Lasius flavus is common under rocks in the US, and light yellow, if they ate something green such as aphids or green candy they might have looked green, or due to lighting?I really don't know...
(DIR) Post #AizkzuYIGBan9nEVeK by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T19:39:07Z
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@dodecahedron They wouldn't eat grass, they can't digest it. But they might eat very green insects who eat grass... or they might eat human foods with green coloring if they are sweet or contain lots of proteins.
(DIR) Post #Aizm9GdDdeCCCBYuX2 by thepoliticalcat@mastodon.social
2024-06-16T19:51:59Z
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@futurebird I would like to register a complaint. The mere thought of "green ants" was so compelling, I fell down the rabbit hole and read about weaver ants, and now I feel like someone needs to tell the Ant Queen that the poor little larvae are being used like GLUE STICKS to hold the leaves together when building a leaf shelter. I'm sure they did not sign up for that! Mama needs to know!
(DIR) Post #AizmN4UHaRfSaLxrRg by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T19:54:16Z
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@thepoliticalcat um... I don't know how to tell you this... but the queen herself is the first one to do this ... with her very first daughters...No one escapes "glue duty"
(DIR) Post #AizmPZdsj0Rbn0eDQW by thepoliticalcat@mastodon.social
2024-06-16T19:55:00Z
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@futurebird 😳 😳 🙀
(DIR) Post #AizmZKR27UeBWMHztY by thepoliticalcat@mastodon.social
2024-06-16T19:56:35Z
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@futurebird 🥺 🥺 😿 😿 😠😠😠😠😠ðŸ˜
(DIR) Post #AizomAVfgr1BgXMKQ4 by llewelly@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T20:08:19Z
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@thepoliticalcat @futurebird maybe don't read about "Dracula" ants:https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Larval_Hemolymph_Feeding
(DIR) Post #AizpufeJtk6kX81SFM by llewelly@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T20:22:19Z
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@thepoliticalcat @futurebird I was going to link the podcast @KateShaw did about Dracula ants, but I can't find it! Or, I couldn't, but then I found it on my hard drive.Mysteriously, it's on my hard drive but not on the internet?? I better listen to this file to make sure it's really what I think it is.
(DIR) Post #Aizpugei9m0zedDHUm by thepoliticalcat@mastodon.social
2024-06-16T20:32:17Z
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@llewelly @futurebird @KateShaw It's very interesting, the adults harvesting their own young for food. Do they only pick certain young, or spread the burden? One wonders.
(DIR) Post #AizpuhccZ1wAeRF7sO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T20:34:10Z
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@thepoliticalcat @llewelly @KateShaw They don't kill them. Larvae have jaws and unlike adult hymenopterans larvae can often eat solid foods. So the idea is that these ants overfeed the larvae so they can process the proteins into a liquid the adults can eat. Other ants do similar things... but they don't bite the poor babies they use tropholaxis. The "Dracula" ants are a bit extreme in that way.
(DIR) Post #Aj4fLeAMhacQhFxjGq by llewelly@sauropods.win
2024-06-16T20:45:15Z
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@thepoliticalcat @futurebird @KateShaw mystery solved! it's a patreons only episode, and I have it bc I'm subscribed to her patreon.
(DIR) Post #Aj4fLf7v8AG1fxpI6C by thepoliticalcat@mastodon.social
2024-06-16T20:52:55Z
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@llewelly @futurebird @KateShaw Well, in that case, it wouldn't be OK to share it, since she earns her living from her work, and I have not paid the admission. Whatever it was, I'm sure it was great!
(DIR) Post #Aj4fLfu8Eup25UNnFI by KateShaw@mastodon.social
2024-06-19T04:28:10Z
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@thepoliticalcat @llewelly @futurebird I've set the post to public if anyone is interested and wants to listen to the episode. :)
(DIR) Post #AlI4Q4FtkU89wLoNG4 by rightsprung@c.im
2024-08-24T11:25:45Z
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@futurebird @dodecahedron hahaaAs soon as I saw this I thought of tagging you and then saw your reply. :)