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Circus of the Spineless 55: Museum of Invertebrate Art

Welcome to the Contemporary Museum of Invertebrate Art, where the invertebrates (and the blog posts) are a thing of beauty.

Here for a limited time, the exhibitions in our gallery will fascinate, entertain, and enlighten. From every corner of the globe, from rising stars to masters, come take a look around at what we have on [...]

Shoe Fly

On a hike recently we came across some butterflies puddling.

When I stopped to get a few shots…

Yes, that is my shoe.

Notice my hot pink socks?

Notice too, that he has his proboscis out. Maybe those shoes are getting a bit old.

Why butterflies on an ant blog? Blue butterflies like this one have a special relationship with [...]

Objects on Harvester Ant Mounds

Remember the post a few weeks back showing the snail shells in the harvester ant midden? Let’s take a little closer look at what kinds of objects harvester ants collect and put on their mounds.

At first glance a harvester ant mound looks a bit like a pile of rubble.

If you start to study the mound, [...]

Life of Ants

There’s only one problem with using a hose as an evacuation route…

Eventually you reach the end of the line!

Thank you to Karen Gibson for sending these photographs and giving me permission to use them.