Post AlBp7EeaCTLUQV9z2e by qotca@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AlBmweYNMgWPey5Cvg by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-21T10:41:25Z
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It’s a brisk cool morning in the lovely South Bronx & the ants who live in the strawberry pot in our roof garden are moving slowly. (same same, girls) These are pavement ants (Tetramorium sp.) When I repotted this plant I saw their queen & managed to save her & rehome her. I gave her a cricket leg, since then they have been thriving.There was a violent thunderstorm and my sweet husband asked “should we bring the strawberry ants inside?🥺” But of course they are fine— they were made for this.
(DIR) Post #AlBnJ7mjMahUgsVqCW by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-21T10:45:46Z
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Also, when I repotted the plant I added extra drainage holes so their nest wouldn't flood. They do a good job patrolling the strawberries, although they do like to pull the seeds off of the over-ripe ones. What I need are ants that can scare away the birds and chipmunks. How is there so much wildlife up here on the 8th floor????
(DIR) Post #AlBnZ9n7fhdDXwLBoW by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-21T10:48:39Z
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Here is a video from earlier this summer when this colony was much smaller and I got to see their queen. I imagine they have an extensive palace for her deep in that pot. https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/112507896447358134
(DIR) Post #AlBojpWxRO5TqfQuCu by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-21T11:01:46Z
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How would you feel about thunderstorms if rain drops were bigger than you?
(DIR) Post #AlBoxf3tA0dxQyQo1A by scobiform@fedi.freakshit.org
2024-08-21T11:04:11Z
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@futurebird Awesome.
(DIR) Post #AlBp7EeaCTLUQV9z2e by qotca@mastodon.social
2024-08-21T11:06:00Z
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@futurebird 🤯
(DIR) Post #AlBpi6AUi9ZwpAfEWG by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-21T11:12:36Z
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@psistarpsiii Putting a costume on Pica is a great idea if one wants to find out if there is a God or not.
(DIR) Post #AlBqgn3WNwuTDFLIaO by mina@berlin.social
2024-08-21T11:23:38Z
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@futurebird They might be made for this, but I find your husband's caring attitude just wonderful.
(DIR) Post #AlBquVvSs37A8h7Ng0 by matera@mastodon.sdf.org
2024-08-21T11:26:03Z
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@futurebird what's that plant?
(DIR) Post #AlBr0mhlOqI9uqhQpM by matera@mastodon.sdf.org
2024-08-21T11:27:09Z
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@futurebird I would love to throw chipmunks off an 8th floor balcony
(DIR) Post #AlBrDIsZbO1ZB5j1Pc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-21T11:29:31Z
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@matera Strawberries!
(DIR) Post #AlBtGBEsfFhwG8euG0 by infernusgoatus@kvlt.zone
2024-08-21T11:52:23Z
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@futurebird "the strawberry ants" god what an adorable way to refer to them
(DIR) Post #AlBtibcu9LsGCtRyKW by seborn9000@metasocial.com
2024-08-21T11:57:33Z
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@futurebird Being so small that you carry home strawberry seeds for your baby sisters is really charming.
(DIR) Post #AlBtqWdwYrRt4IiEcK by Mazzo@chaos.social
2024-08-21T11:59:01Z
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@futurebird probably like the ppl in the movie from the 80ies, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids 😂 the lawn mower scene... thinking about it 😱 🐜
(DIR) Post #AlBu5REkwZv6e32gHQ by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-21T12:01:42Z
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@seborn9000 This is #tinycore
(DIR) Post #AlBuZ4Cp8at5u1GZo8 by matera@mastodon.sdf.org
2024-08-21T12:07:01Z
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@futurebird No, the tiny grasslike thing in the other one!Please, please, I will die if I don't know! 🥺
(DIR) Post #AlBx1vMPIscYm7dXyy by thedansimonson@lingo.lol
2024-08-21T12:34:41Z
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@futurebird “What I need are ants that can scare away the birds and chipmunks.” From the 8th floor, should be clear that ant is homo sapiens
(DIR) Post #AlByQeqRwcZUkO2xpA by llewelly@sauropods.win
2024-08-21T12:50:20Z
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@futurebird I've never been there, but it is my personal opinion that Panama and the western coast of Colombia have weather that is essentially indistinguishable from "raindrops as big as me". See also, Cherrapunji, on the slopes of the eastern Himalayas in India.
(DIR) Post #AlC18LleR1RsEIlRJI by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2024-08-21T13:20:39Z
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@futurebird I have read that story - actually, several such stories.The science fiction author Hal Clement liked the plot device of very large raindrops and used it in his novels "Close to Critical" and "Still River".
(DIR) Post #AlC1DSuTJ7rNpSKSZM by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2024-08-21T13:21:22Z
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@futurebird So Pretty! Holldobler & Wilson was a really important book for me. And you should make an effort to track down and read Walter Tschinkel's _The Fire Ants ( Belknap Press, Cambridge, 2006) Extremely fun.
(DIR) Post #AlCNefqxUTGGmZ45my by AnneMacro@hachyderm.io
2024-08-21T17:32:48Z
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@futurebird I am impressed by chipmunks on the 8th floor.
(DIR) Post #AlCQTuvvNm1iEHwyTA by Red_Shirt_no2@c.im
2024-08-21T18:04:37Z
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@futurebird Depends I guess on whether I could breathe enough air from the bubbles caught in the hair on my skin?
(DIR) Post #AlCmv80Z4nwxagV7Oi by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-21T22:16:06Z
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@michaelgemar @ScienceDesk They are just a little cold. When the sun comes out things get frantic.
(DIR) Post #AlCpuXLxesC1lnv19c by Antigrav@mastodon.nz
2024-08-21T22:49:35Z
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@futurebird , I'd probably want an exoskeleton.