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Ant Queens and New Colonies

When I am acting as the “Consult-Ant” and answering questions about ant farms, people are generally interested in finding out more about ant queens.

When an ant colony is ready to branch out, the current queen lays eggs that develop into males or new queens instead of workers. Adult male ants are winged, and have small [...]

Ants and Passion Vines

Any ideas what the yellow dots are on this Passiflora leaf? Are insects involved?

It turns out that insects are part of the story, but probably not in the way that you might think.

This is one of the insect characters, the larva of a Heliconius butterfly. [...]

Ancient Scorpions and their Ant Predators

The theme today for Life Photo Meme at Adventures of a Free Range Urban Primate blog is “ancient.”

If you spend time observing scorpions, you get the sense that these creatures have been around for eons. They seem to be the epitome of the word ancient.

(Sorry about the focus, I tend to stand too far away [...]

Encased

Today the theme at Life Photo Meme at Adventures of a Free Range Urban Primate blog is encased.

Ever wonder why so many people mistake these for eggs?