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It was threatening rain last night and the humidity was way up. I knew the alates would be flying, so I dragged the family to the Hassayampa River Preserve near Wickenburg, Arizona. By the time we arrived just before 8:00 a.m., some of the ants were escorting the alates back to the nest.
Just had a question come in from a young ant enthusiast (edited): If you have heard of an Ant-O-Sphere(eight pods) I’m trying to make a colony in there but so far the bulldog ants are too big and the Argentine ants are too small. I don’t know what other ants I can find in Australia [...] What is an armadillo doing in a blog about ants?
(Photo retrieved from Wikimedia) Armadillos are distant relatives of anteaters, which might explain why some species also love to eat ants. All 21 species of armadillos are covered with the jointed armor that gives them their common name, a Spanish word for “little armored [...] |
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