Post B5MemLEyV3gQCzhdOS by clew@ecoevo.social
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(DIR) Post #B5MdbN1lPr2AbwjCiG by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-04-16T21:40:53Z
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I just found a queen ant on my desk. She must have come in from outside, she's not from any of the ants that I already keep. Her plan was to live under my keyboard, but she's in a test tube now and will be a pet. I have this bad feeling ants are passing around tips about "a place where you can go where this human will set you up"
(DIR) Post #B5MdjHWXlInvrIthia by ColesStreetPothole@weatherishappening.network
2026-04-16T21:42:07Z
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@futurebird You only have yourself to blame.
(DIR) Post #B5Mdjbap96706N3PAO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-04-16T21:42:19Z
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She didn't have any eggs or workers yet, so she really must have just decided to show up here. This is totally SUS
(DIR) Post #B5MdoxNVZmjH7DNSVM by roknrol@beige.party
2026-04-16T21:43:17Z
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@futurebird Obviously she's showing willing. The two of you should work together to take over the world.She has the workers, but you have thumbs.
(DIR) Post #B5MdroVR1FEwT3Rmvw by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-04-16T21:43:51Z
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It's also possible she was attracted to my large healthy captive colonies. I wonder if queens look for that. I found her wings! She flew in the window and broke them off.
(DIR) Post #B5Me797Cg1vOjIQMhE by jmax@mastodon.social
2026-04-16T21:46:35Z
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@futurebird Nah, that would be classified. You do only have a finite amount of sugar, after all.Um.You _do_ only have a finite amount of sugar, right?
(DIR) Post #B5MeBK4fsAnLsSEVDE by donray@mastodon.online
2026-04-16T21:47:21Z
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@futurebird Theory: Some of your ants might be posting things on social media.
(DIR) Post #B5MeDZEkTCRdTx10iG by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-04-16T21:47:40Z
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@nev Well she wouldn't want to be too close, but maybe knowing there are colonies makes it seem like a safe place?
(DIR) Post #B5MemLEyV3gQCzhdOS by clew@ecoevo.social
2026-04-16T21:54:01Z
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“A kind hearted woman lives here”Ants wouldn’t use a sketch of a cat for that probably — a big amiable aphid???@futurebird
(DIR) Post #B5Mery3hbP2I3673mC by swelljoe@mas.to
2026-04-16T21:55:01Z
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@futurebird check your fence post and curb/driveway for tiny hobo sign.
(DIR) Post #B5MfZaFvShU0y2d0Eq by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-04-16T22:02:50Z
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@wakame @nev This is possible, however she isn't that kind of species. Just a girl on her own trying to make it in the big city.
(DIR) Post #B5MgAC6WDikimDgXjM by Bette@mstdn.social
2026-04-16T22:09:32Z
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@futurebird I totally believe that's the case.
(DIR) Post #B5MgKDRE7DIvoH9Liy by Meowthias@mastodon.world
2026-04-16T22:11:20Z
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@futurebird Cats are the same way.
(DIR) Post #B5MgXYhSNMfxW66UL2 by JoBlakely@mastodon.social
2026-04-16T22:13:47Z
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@futurebird They aren’t wrong.
(DIR) Post #B5Mgg1qpsN7kFDWtLU by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-04-16T22:15:20Z
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I've been searching my apartment, since if you find one queen ant there are often more. But, I can't find any more random ants, so this one queen just ... flew up to the 6th floor, came in over the AC and set up on my desk. I am willing to admit I may find more ants than most people since I notice them more. However I still think this is a bit wild.
(DIR) Post #B5MgpJkMi4CILwvrEG by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-04-16T22:17:01Z
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Last year a queen ant landed on me when I was waiting for the bus on Park Ave. I still have her. Lovely colony.
(DIR) Post #B5Mh0rMM4wQTmpCnD6 by mxchara@seattle.pink
2026-04-16T22:18:51Z
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@futurebird in your place I'd start looking for supernatural explanations but I am ridiculously lenient towards superstitions
(DIR) Post #B5Mh8g7vj249GXBcYq by schratze@todon.nl
2026-04-16T22:20:28Z
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@futurebird do you have special ant attraction powers?
(DIR) Post #B5MhETbRCbysA0kktc by GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai
2026-04-16T22:21:31Z
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@futurebird You seem to be popular then
(DIR) Post #B5MhFNnQHEqGROn7Ls by clonedhuman@mastodon.social
2026-04-16T22:21:39Z
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@futurebird That's cool as hell! I'm going to look at some pictures because, right now, I'm not even sure I'd recognize a queen ant as anything other than a bug.
(DIR) Post #B5MhXtW5535k23VThg by oheso@ieji.de
2026-04-16T22:25:01Z
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@futurebird Pheromone equivalent of hobo tags all pointing at your desk.
(DIR) Post #B5MhghOrUxjz3mKQFs by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-04-16T22:26:34Z
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@apLundell It's Camponotus chromaiodes
(DIR) Post #B5MicAdFUFJyEBSiqe by JoBlakely@mastodon.social
2026-04-16T22:37:01Z
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@futurebird Made me think of this. I picture the ant queen tossing her wings in the air. https://youtu.be/oTjjLPBb6Ew@wakame @nev
(DIR) Post #B5MjhvB9xC0rzbd6oK by ericdaryl@mas.to
2026-04-16T22:49:16Z
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@futurebird One is a coincidence. Two is a pattern. Three is an organized collective toppling the global species power balance starting in the apartment of a myrme-sympathizer. …and I, just for the record, am all for some new leadership around here.
(DIR) Post #B5MkMj2RzqKQDF0sUK by MissGayle@urbanists.social
2026-04-16T22:56:37Z
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@futurebird Clearly, you're quantumly connected to the Ant collective consciousness.
(DIR) Post #B5Mm1h16WAVpllTwi8 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-04-16T23:15:10Z
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@cpkimber They have two tubes now.
(DIR) Post #B5MmUYXv5gkptbaujg by steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co
2026-04-16T23:20:28Z
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@futurebird You are the ant whisperer!Perhaps the AC exhaust sent some ant pheromones out into the air. Wild!
(DIR) Post #B5MmVTVlINteZQ1Umm by MedeaVanamonde@beige.party
2026-04-16T23:20:36Z
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@futurebird welcome to Phase VI
(DIR) Post #B5MmchMMCqZFXz4JKC by Craigp@mastodon.social
2026-04-16T23:21:55Z
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@futurebird A bus? Strange. Queen mostly wants to ride their bicycle.
(DIR) Post #B5Mn7FUfrQbO6FWhF2 by minmi@sfba.social
2026-04-16T23:27:27Z
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@futurebird pretty amazing that she can just show up carrying everything she needs for a whole new colony in her tiny body.
(DIR) Post #B5MoEFB5X8qd6LGSeG by Sharksonaplane@mastodon.sandwich.net
2026-04-16T23:39:55Z
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@futurebird an antfiltrator?!
(DIR) Post #B5MoTMbODFdSTFmCES by RuchiraSDatta@mathstodon.xyz
2026-04-16T23:42:38Z
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@futurebird Your place is being colonized!
(DIR) Post #B5MoU3NNBEyP8EY6r2 by MedeaVanamonde@beige.party
2026-04-16T23:42:39Z
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@futurebird you know you are probably tagged by ants
(DIR) Post #B5MoXMpTJIG0KkGwc4 by Canageek@wandering.shop
2026-04-16T23:43:23Z
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@futurebird I take it ants aren't like bees, where you also need a number of attendants to start a colony? Just the queen?
(DIR) Post #B5Moc37E24lsdmoDY0 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-04-16T23:44:15Z
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@Canageek Yes you only need a queen for most species.
(DIR) Post #B5Moex1R8z5sbxU8W0 by Canageek@wandering.shop
2026-04-16T23:44:44Z
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@futurebird Thank you!
(DIR) Post #B5MrDySG0dap68rGam by Lefty@mas.to
2026-04-17T00:13:29Z
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@futurebird Check your window sills for teeny symbols that look like these.
(DIR) Post #B5Mx2pggrfmcRkgCjw by Tooden@aus.social
2026-04-17T01:18:41Z
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@futurebird AntBnB
(DIR) Post #B5Mx7pfgLvAnqOamCu by bransonturner@mastodon.social
2026-04-17T01:19:36Z
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@futurebird so, now you're writing this as a Pixar short, right?
(DIR) Post #B5MxzZ2uNhyRv24rMu by kevinrns@mstdn.social
2026-04-17T01:29:18Z
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@futurebird She will SET YOU UP BRO!
(DIR) Post #B5My3nqFJT7CxvAxe4 by asyetundecided@mastodon.social
2026-04-17T01:30:02Z
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@futurebird Have you been teaching her any tricks?
(DIR) Post #B5N3FKmdfyG45Zo4C8 by fuzzyspoon@beige.party
2026-04-17T02:28:11Z
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@futurebird @tayfonay TIL a bunch of hobo signs and that you only need 1 queen ant (most species) for a whole colony. I love Mastodon.
(DIR) Post #B5N9qFqpZov7ENku6i by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2026-04-17T03:42:04Z
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@futurebird > I am willing to admit I may find more ants than most people since I notice them more. However I still think this is a bit wildKeep an eye out for Antman!
(DIR) Post #B5NCBL65T0nNUV4bCq by NunavutBirder@mas.to
2026-04-17T04:08:17Z
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@futurebird @Canageek How do you keep them? I assume it’s not in those ant farm things? Is it a multitude of set ups, depending on the species?
(DIR) Post #B5NWuh8KNkBBwv1eim by MamaLake@beige.party
2026-04-17T08:00:35Z
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@futurebird a friend of mine worked in bird refuge in Alaska. The group moved locations and she stopped working there, but the birds KNOW. They still show up at her house (20 miles from the closest city) with broken wings, ten years after working there. Animals KNOW.
(DIR) Post #B5Nixa3qKeOwKk4RFo by dancingtreefrog@mastodon.social
2026-04-17T10:15:36Z
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@futurebirdNever underestimate the power of hive-minds! 😁
(DIR) Post #B5Nl6ljqU7AF46E4a8 by burnitdown@beige.party
2026-04-17T10:39:39Z
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@futurebird she needed a desk from which to administer her colony and yours was the only suitable one she could find.
(DIR) Post #B5NlFQLdNpsDKW1otk by saltywizard@beige.party
2026-04-17T10:41:13Z
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@futurebird you are the keenest & queenest.
(DIR) Post #B5NlIyV8rICO7iAWGG by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-04-17T10:41:54Z
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@burnitdown She was trying to start an empire under my keyboard!And can you think of how embarrassing it would be if I had an ant colony under my keyboard everyone would be like "hm of course" horrible.
(DIR) Post #B5NlZIK8vUiIEeo1cO by aadeacon@mastodon.social
2026-04-17T10:44:50Z
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@futurebird @burnitdown You mean you DON’T have an ant colony under your keyboard? For shame!
(DIR) Post #B5NlmV9qWO71ntHrm4 by waitworry@sakurajima.moe
2026-04-17T10:46:43Z
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@futurebird there is also the extremely boring possibility that most people upon seeing a queen ant wouldn't recognize it for what it is and you have a selection bias
(DIR) Post #B5Nn1zeRWt2WfwY8Qa by burnitdown@beige.party
2026-04-17T11:01:13Z
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@futurebird they needed access to mastodon to spread the queen's propaganda.
(DIR) Post #B5NnwIrbHmr6TgYR6m by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-04-17T11:11:23Z
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@waitworry This is possible but it means everyone is missing out on queen ants coming up to them for help!
(DIR) Post #B5NxLbBtBL6I96BHYO by ohir@social.vivaldi.net
2026-04-17T12:56:43Z
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@futurebird Heh, should take a photos of all my colonies and at last know their species names. Those under the stairs small and flocking to the apples, red chili painful living to the woods road, then bigger almost black cherry on a sunny clearing. And some other have their paths up and down the hazel bush, while others wander among the roses where they graze and milk the aphids. Mother Nature is full of tiny miracles...@apLundell
(DIR) Post #B5NzGUNnGZLHUXRMxc by aSweetGentleman@mstdn.social
2026-04-17T13:18:16Z
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@futurebird I can assure you they DO exchange info about "Humans who won't kill you".I mean there's no other way to explain why my house and backyard are "the" place to be for wildlife.
(DIR) Post #B5O9icn2bKARDSIwFc by ohir@social.vivaldi.net
2026-04-17T15:15:15Z
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@futurebird Got two. Enjoy :)) The hazel ants haven't emerged from beneath the hazel yet. The aphid-herding ants on the rose bush will be tending their flocks around the end of July.
(DIR) Post #B5OH1YAMiR403aBZj6 by Gobabu@mastodon.social
2026-04-17T16:37:16Z
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@futurebird @burnitdown It's nerver get old.Out of cheese error.Add ram skulls.Redo from Start.
(DIR) Post #B5OeN7MbLV8WFLA7aC by ElyseMGrasso@wandering.shop
2026-04-17T20:58:52Z
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@futurebird Little ant-sized hobo symbols on the walls "kind lady lives here"
(DIR) Post #B5Svrrio1lM8Z2dSGe by lufthans@mastodon.social
2026-04-19T22:33:46Z
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@futurebird they know the whole colony will get housing and UBI with you :)