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Wordless Wednesday and Ants of Tucson

Ants are mobile jewelry to a flower.

(Tucson ant challenge, species 3.)

Ants of Tucson, Arizona: Forelius

The challenge: to see how many species of ants I could find in Tucson, Arizona in two hours.

Species 2. Forelius

Most likely they are Forelius mcccooki, the species I have identified in Phoenix, but because this was a public place I didn’t take samples.

Chris Schmidt indicates that Forelius are probably the ants you are most [...]

Ants of Tucson, Arizona: Crematogaster opuntiae

There is a story on the Internet of a myrmecologist (unfortunately unnamed) finding 10 species of ants, including army ants, while waiting for a flight at the Tucson, Arizona airport. I had two hours in Tucson on Saturday morning, so I wondered if I could do as well. For the next few days we’ll see [...]

Desert Botanical Garden Gets Buggy

Just wanted to give my local readers a heads up:

The Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona is hosting David Roger’s Big Bugs sculpture exhibit again, starting in September. They have some ant-related events associated with the exhibit:

There will be a showing of the documentary Ants — Nature’s Secret Power on November 3, 2011 at  7-8:30 [...]