Post AlT20MEEExBsz4CcPQ by Jon_Kramer@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AlT0RVuo8KBSwAwKZc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-29T18:03:01Z
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This queen ant is so cute. She’s very shy and has only one daughter (so far)
(DIR) Post #AlT0Xqu11441lWakOu by Jon_Kramer@mastodon.social
2024-08-29T18:04:06Z
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@futurebird Can a queen raise her own offspring without help?
(DIR) Post #AlT0ZPRK5pkTAcuhe4 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-29T18:04:24Z
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@Jon_Kramer Yes, most of them have to do this.
(DIR) Post #AlT0icKJY6Q7kF1fUm by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-29T18:06:02Z
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When you watch insects closely you discover they are mostly just very scared ... because everything is so big. Which is why I think most people who watch insects closely come to like them a lot more. They really are just lil guys and gals trying their best in a big world.
(DIR) Post #AlT1EcT6YcJHS2Ohe4 by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2024-08-29T18:11:53Z
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@futurebird Also true for arachnids. The first time I really paid attention to a jumping spider, I couldn't help but see it as a tiny ninja, slinking along, going into a defensive crouch in response to nearby sounds or vibrations, waiting until the threat passed, and then continuing on its mission.I've always looked out for jumping spiders since then.
(DIR) Post #AlT20MEEExBsz4CcPQ by Jon_Kramer@mastodon.social
2024-08-29T18:20:31Z
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@futurebird I see a lot of shorts on youtube about bees, and it seems bees live in a chain... The bees raise a queen who replaces an older queen, or raise a new one when the old one dies, who births the next queen... I had assumed ants did roughly the same thing. The idea that a single ant can form a colony is neat.
(DIR) Post #AlT2Yo2NM0sp4r5JU8 by MichaelPorter@ottawa.place
2024-08-29T18:26:36Z
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@futurebird “Yes, I’m just one of a myriad of drones… But I have FEELINGS!”
(DIR) Post #AlT3DWbP58cQsOsvVA by rlstone4dems@mastodon.social
2024-08-29T18:34:03Z
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@futurebird I’m no insect expert like you myrmepropagandist. And I’m also a little afraid of insects. With that being said, in the last decade or so, I always become a little sad when I see them because they are so small…and so afraid of seeing us. I can’t bring myself to hurt the little ones…
(DIR) Post #AlT4Lnd9krsFxYDLdY by CatDragon@mastodon.world
2024-08-29T18:46:42Z
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@futurebird love most of them. Hate tomato hornworms though.
(DIR) Post #AlT5jVHxhWPFyfASMy by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-29T19:02:15Z
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@NMBA Carrion beetles are very involved parents for insects. It's a very wholesome little family in a kind of ghoulish context.
(DIR) Post #AlT5qW5b7fzAUHjDzU by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-29T19:03:30Z
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@DavidM_yeg I want to tell you they are 1 inch.... but in fact it's just 0.5cm She's still a big girl!
(DIR) Post #AlT5v7Dwzz0coipQ4u by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-29T19:04:01Z
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@DavidM_yeg She's on graph paper for her math lessons (obviously)
(DIR) Post #AlTBb6JrFhZxwcQmZs by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-29T20:08:03Z
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@LevZadov OMG they made a river of flower petals!
(DIR) Post #AlUo8Wyf9L7PazqQwS by wikicliff@fosstodon.org
2024-08-30T14:54:32Z
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@futurebird > [insects scared because everything is so big]Just let Pica teach the bugs how to be Mighty! On second thought...maybe don't. 🐈🐜