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Super ant photographer and ecologist, Mark Moffett is coming to speak in Arizona March 17, 2010. He will be part of the National Geographic Live! speaker series hosted at the Mesa Arts Center, in Mesa, Arizona. He’s going to speak about “Army Ants and Flying Frogs.” There’s also more information at http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/event-series/arizona-speaker-series/. Until then, I’ll have [...] As promised, today we have some beetles. These tiny rove beetles were in the vicinity of the same native fire ant nests where I found the silverfish (from the previous post.) Rove beetles or staphylinid beetles (Staphylinidae) have short elytra that only cover a part of the abdomen. These held their abdomen curved up over their backs. A [...] Silverfish (Order Thysanura) are generally silver-dusted brown or gray insects with a tapering body resembling a sideways carrot with legs. They are known for their habit of infesting houses and eating wallpaper or bookbinding glue. What a surprise to find silverfish in an ant nest. The silverfish is the white insect in the center of the photo. [...] You never know what you are going to find under a rock. A group of children and I were flipping rocks, when I spotted a lone queen ant. I picked it up, thinking I would show it to the children under the microscope. Under closer inspection, it turned out to be a bit of a [...] |
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