Post AnsvzyyzeHxWIjHCcK by helplessduck@mastodon.online
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(DIR) Post #AnstZVvupfMulf5W88 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-10T01:32:45Z
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@gavi Is there a ... uh ... "wingless wasp" option?
(DIR) Post #Ansvj96Km9VKlAgK7E by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-10T01:56:54Z
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@gavi Yes. They are more typically called ants. Though there are also a few wingless wasp that are NOT ants. For example: Myrmilloides grandiceps who is very cute, but can also sting and she is a parasite of bees.
(DIR) Post #AnsvndnWaXEf7d1k24 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-10T01:57:43Z
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@gavi I was trying not to be too obvious about making things about ants again... thought "wingless wasp" was a nice way to get around that... I I guess it didn't really work.
(DIR) Post #AnsvuCeNv6kyx8sgnA by Gorfram@beige.party
2024-11-10T01:58:52Z
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@futurebird @gavi I like her.
(DIR) Post #AnsvvrNbyTXZYwpFRo by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-10T01:59:09Z
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@neckspike @gavi Don't forget to mention how cute they are too!
(DIR) Post #AnsvzyyzeHxWIjHCcK by helplessduck@mastodon.online
2024-11-10T01:59:55Z
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@futurebird I followed for the ants, but I stayed for the the show.@gavi
(DIR) Post #Answ1BDPebSkWsalMm by GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai
2024-11-10T01:59:55Z
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@futurebird @gavi Somehow, I feel less guilty of misplacing my iPad stylus every other day.
(DIR) Post #AnswKFBr6EXaMKxD2e by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-10T02:03:29Z
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@loren It's a kind of stridulation. A warning sound. I have not found any recordings of it (they are woefully understudied) but it's probably similar to this:https://youtu.be/WbeetqZk6mE
(DIR) Post #AnswL9yLz6boSy4jPU by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-10T02:03:48Z
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@josh0 @gavi yeah...
(DIR) Post #AnswSOYKArZliGLmfw by tuban_muzuru@ohai.social
2024-11-10T02:04:55Z
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@futurebird @gavi Insect taxonomy drives me crazy. Are all the ants under Formicidae?
(DIR) Post #AnswaONqgbuXVPGQD2 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-10T02:06:22Z
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@tuban_muzuru @gavi Yes. But there are a number of wingless wasps that have "ant" in their common name.And of course all ants *are* wasps.
(DIR) Post #AnswjWv4Jsn6aL9wZM by Jonstewartmill@mastodon.social
2024-11-10T02:08:10Z
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@futurebird @loren Stridulation is my vocabulary word of the day.
(DIR) Post #Answp62n9exgyCQU0O by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-10T02:09:10Z
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@loren There are several ants who can squeak too. It's not typical. They tend to be more basal things like Dinoponera I think. Dinoponera are very "waspy"
(DIR) Post #Ansx8jp5TviJqPNjkG by bruce@darkmoon.social
2024-11-10T02:12:43Z
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@futurebird @tuban_muzuru @gavi Do you know if the entire wasp family (clade? I don't know the right term) started out as flying insects, and then some lost their wings and became ants? Or was there some other evolutionary path?
(DIR) Post #AnsxCa25p7X4dfIU3k by trochee@dair-community.social
2024-11-10T02:13:25Z
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@futurebird @tuban_muzuru @gavi All ants are wasps. #TIL
(DIR) Post #AnsxGZ4nJzSMpZSd3w by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-10T02:14:09Z
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@bruce @tuban_muzuru @gavi The common ancestor of bees, ants and other wasps absolutely had wings. And that's why queen ants tend to nearly always have wings, as do most of the male wingless wasps.
(DIR) Post #Ant7NKwbGIpkZMUnPU by DavidBruchmann@mastodon.world
2024-11-10T04:07:25Z
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@futurebird @gavi There is no argument against a good and *obvious* ants story 😁
(DIR) Post #AntBTD02720pU39n1M by DrHyde@fosstodon.org
2024-11-10T03:45:45Z
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@tuban_muzuru @futurebird @gavi would you like to play a taxonomy game? https://metazooa.com/
(DIR) Post #AntBgOx8ytk6Jy625I by david42@mastodon.online
2024-11-10T04:55:41Z
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@futurebird @bruce @tuban_muzuru @gavi Male wingless wasps have wings? Well that's naming for you.
(DIR) Post #AnvBvn4pxXOtngx7xo by StrangeCulprits@c.im
2024-11-11T04:07:52Z
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@futurebird @tuban_muzuru @gavi 👀