Isn’t is funny how one thing can lead to another? I reviewed a children’s book about animal tongues recently, which got me thinking about ant mouthparts and more particularly, ant “tongues.”
First of all, do ants even have tongues? They don’t have anything that looks like a vertebrate tongue, but they definitely have a structure that [...]
It has been cold and rainy here, so Wordless Wednesday comes from the summer vacation archives.
Does anyone know what this plant is? it was being grown as an ornamental. It has the square stem of a mint.
Tiny Brachymyrmex ants visiting asters.
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 [...]