Post Aqd7ll4IgpAWToHcMS by futurebird@sauropods.win
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(DIR) Post #Aqd0rsCAPDOSdqvnyS by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-31T03:15:26Z
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The ant of the day is Camponotus schmitzi! These carpenter ants live in the hollow tendrils of the plant Nepenthes bicalcarata, a picture plant from Borneo. Like most "carnivorous plants" due to nitrogen poor soil this plant captures insects. But, it also provides a home for schmitzi, also known as "diving ants" these ants remove large insects from the plant keeping the pots more healthy. Their waste provides extra nitrogen for the plant. The plant provides the ants with nectar and housing.
(DIR) Post #Aqd2XrigfD6LHejJEO by otte_homan@theblower.au
2025-01-31T03:34:10Z
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@futurebird picture plant, or pitcher plant ?
(DIR) Post #Aqd5iZlu2CK6fO25TM by tsyum@thepit.social
2025-01-31T04:09:44Z
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@futurebird @loren amazing. On a different topic, I thought of you recently when I saw this hat that someone had painted ants on 🐜 It was very cool
(DIR) Post #Aqd5u9IeHXXu2ZrrYe by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-31T04:11:51Z
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@loren Imagine how cozy they must feel living in those curly stems. Swimming ant catching food, drinking nectar... they also like to clean the surface of the plant keeping it slippery. This plant and these ants have everything.
(DIR) Post #Aqd6IdNm5RcCI3wOIa by 3janeTA@beige.party
2025-01-31T04:16:15Z
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@futurebird love those guys! My family and I saw this video many years ago and still remember “schmitzi” fondlyhttps://youtu.be/b17CsVEeeE0?si=AG8i8KUfa3joJkc3
(DIR) Post #Aqd7Co69Qu3Vk1TztI by feznander@mstdn.social
2025-01-31T04:26:25Z
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@futurebird so essentially schmitzi are the rhizobia of pitcher plants?
(DIR) Post #Aqd7ll4IgpAWToHcMS by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-31T04:28:15Z
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@feznander pretty much! But they also clean the surface... what bacteria do that?
(DIR) Post #Aqd88CuVr0RRCYPSMa by feznander@mstdn.social
2025-01-31T04:36:47Z
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@futurebird I don't know! I guess you could say that some epiphytic bacteria make plant surfaces "cleaner" by excluding or outcompeting pathogens, but the specifics of that are pretty far outside my area!
(DIR) Post #AqdG0VD2jbXrGrujKa by techghoul@weatherishappening.network
2025-01-31T06:04:59Z
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@futurebird hardwicke's woolly bats say heyyyyyyyyyhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3097880/
(DIR) Post #AqdaZTSpDL6j4nFVXk by rasmus91@fosstodon.org
2025-01-31T09:55:28Z
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@futurebird That is so friggin cool.
(DIR) Post #AqdoaBu3OBYcGCDlcu by rasmus91@fosstodon.org
2025-01-31T09:58:08Z
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@techghoul @futurebird So, basically going from pitcher plants to 'Night pot plants' ? :P
(DIR) Post #AqdoaCnM4ZnF1i5vpA by techghoul@weatherishappening.network
2025-01-31T11:55:39Z
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@rasmus91 @futurebird #battoilet
(DIR) Post #AqdoaDPzkuhYxYAn3I by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-31T12:32:26Z
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@techghoul @rasmus91 do we really need a whole hashtag?
(DIR) Post #AqdoeuvFwxcB2m2MgC by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-31T12:33:20Z
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@techghoul @rasmus91 *sigh* following it nonetheless... as always
(DIR) Post #AqehyTCGEpQkKBKLuC by Lucia@eldritch.cafe
2025-01-31T22:53:06Z
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@futurebird Super cool!