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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 [...] I have always wanted to try Wordless Wednesday. If you’ve ever tried it, you know that photographing ants is difficult, more so than other insects. Ants are almost always in motion. Even if they are sitting still feeding, they are stridulating or their antennae are waving. If you get too close, they defend themselves with bites and stings. Some species are quite tiny, [...] The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has a wonderful photo gallery of ant pictures by Mark Moffett at The Hidden Life of Ants. The photograph of the bulldog ant larvae is just incredible (see communication section).You wouldn’t think a larva with no legs would be able to sit up like that. Hopefully the gallery will [...] |
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