Post Aq0nZQtIVBEXKrVMAa by jcriecke@urbanists.social
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(DIR) Post #ApzMvzncVBc43JQKRc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-12T00:14:14Z
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I wonder why ants and only a few wasps have scapes? What is the advantage of scapes and why does it have to do with being an ant?
(DIR) Post #ApzND8p8CdRCxpJ2si by waitworry@sakurajima.moe
2025-01-12T00:17:18Z
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@futurebird google sucks at showing me what that is but it's when the antenna has an elbow? maybe it's for following those ant chemical trails better
(DIR) Post #ApzPmk83h70uhxGNea by australopithecus@mastodon.social
2025-01-12T00:46:08Z
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@futurebird I'm given to understand that some types of goats have scapes as well, but admittedly I've never seen one in person.
(DIR) Post #ApzPuiBKolA0zAayLQ by Moss@beige.party
2025-01-12T00:47:35Z
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@futurebird When you need someone to blame at a small scale…
(DIR) Post #ApzR1ECykyYy0Q2Gg4 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-12T00:59:59Z
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@waitworry Yes it's the long bottom part of their antennae.
(DIR) Post #ApzSBY3RvJFqPM3yMK by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-12T01:13:03Z
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silly me thinking everyone thinks about scapes all of the time. This must be someone's fault... not mine. If only I could blame some hapless farm animal for this happening.
(DIR) Post #ApzT8xF9unzlcCrpRI by Sharksonaplane@mastodon.sandwich.net
2025-01-12T01:23:45Z
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@futurebird this is me except about the garlic ones
(DIR) Post #ApzT9w8tUiEGURPBdw by alexwild@mastodon.online
2025-01-12T01:23:49Z
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@futurebird I always thought it was because scapes allow an insect to antennate whatever they are holding in their mandibles, which is why scapes are common in social insects.
(DIR) Post #ApzTFNMLjIEQLlIBu4 by lienrag@mastodon.tedomum.net
2025-01-12T01:24:51Z
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@futurebird Not all heroes wear scapes.
(DIR) Post #ApzkipFYoKPsTAkHPU by gay_ornithischians@sauropods.win
2025-01-12T04:40:46Z
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@futurebird i did not know it was called that but i gave my aliens an escape like structure
(DIR) Post #Aq03sLq6uYvxHO65EO by llewelly@sauropods.win
2025-01-12T08:15:22Z
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@futurebird I thought the first segment of any arthropod antenna was always called the scape, but ants were unusual in having a rather long scape?(I probably learned this from wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect_morphology#Antennae )
(DIR) Post #Aq06BaG1jI0NPGWATo by Divorytaur@mastodon.social
2025-01-12T08:41:14Z
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@futurebird Imagine being a scape goat…
(DIR) Post #Aq0nZQtIVBEXKrVMAa by jcriecke@urbanists.social
2025-01-12T16:47:21Z
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@futurebird what's a scape?