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rattyexplores · 6 months

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Giant Bulldog Ant

Myrmecia brevinoda

24/03/23 - NSW, Dapto

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skydarcyedwards · 3 months

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Myrmecia sp. Always fun to photograph. The first image is a very small image stack.

Sky Edwards

2023

Canon R7

Canon EF 100mm macro

Probably with my Raynox 250 diopter?

#myrmecia #ants #macro #ant macro #bullants #arthropodology #entomology #ocelli #eyes #compound eyes #australian insects

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onenicebugperday · 2 years

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@lishd submitted: Here's a polite grey house spider (I think?) that I met shortly after arriving to New Zealand. Specifically, I found him on my neck. Hence the politeness. :)

And the bulldog ant I found in Australia. He was almost an inch long and used his giant mandibles to steal my heart. ^_^

Yes sure looks like a grey house spider! Or one of the house spiders in the genus Badumna, at any rate. THAT ANT THO. They have stolen my heart with their enormous mandibles too. I am mentally giving them a little smooch...

#bugs #submission #arachnids #spider #grey house spider #Badumna #house spider #ant #bull ant #Myrmecia

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drhoz · 4 months

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#2044 - Myrmecia gulosa-species group

Photo by Patrick Wake.

Unfortunately I can't narrow it down past the gulosa complex, which includes some 42 species. If it's anything like the true M. gulosa and for that matter other Bull-ants, then they have excellent vision, powerful jaws and stings, and feed their sisters unfertilised eggs rather than regurgitate a meal.

#myrmecia #formicidae #australian ant #cooleenup island #ant #bull-ant #bullant #bull ant

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fktztuxn6x9 · 1 year

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cust-vik · 8 months

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Also ant for another contest

Myrmecia nigriceps

#ant #insect #ants #myrmecia nigriceps

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gardeneticist · 1 year

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Just had an absolute moment when I looked up something about a huge bull ant I found, only to see the word “gamergate” on its Wikipedia page, and subsequently discover that “gamergate” is the name given to ant species with fertile workers. Who CALLED them that???

Here is the ant btw. Truly she is a gamer.

#gardeneticisms #creature facts #creature photography #insects #ants #myrmecia tarsata

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groupwest · 1 year

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so… my poppy caught the monster ant, somehow, while i was standing on the bed squealing… now i get to try and ID it.! pretty sure she’s a Giant Brown Bull Ant, and she’s not a queen at all, just a giant humungous soldier ant. and my rough estimate was pretty spot on, she’s almost 3n a half cm.

kind of really enamoured with her. still cannot get over the size of the beast! these types of ants, of the subfamily Myrmeciinae, are the most primitive of all living ants, the species which comprise it being some of the largest ants in australia.

this one, Myrmecia pyriformis or M. brevinoda, is certainly the largest in my area. it’s head is the size of the nail on my little finger. i don’t think i can ever recall seeing one prior to this, a most shocking, scary, and incredible discovery.!

…🐜

#bugs #ants #giant brown bull ant #Myrmeciinae #Myrmecia pyriformis #M. brevinoda #bulldog ants #jumping ants #australian insects #i just think she’s neat <33

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locusfandomtime · 5 months

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okay I saw a post around with the Mounders as ants and stuff and since I have Bug Autism I have thoughts about it. (this is not critique btw that person is a very cool artist and can do whatever they want. I am just insane about bugs and want an excuse to talk)

Bdubs - I genuinely think the best fit for him is a male velvet ant (not actually an ant). Probably red velvet ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis). Male velvet ants, unlike females, have wings and also don’t possess the iconic sting. I feel like this fits Bdubs well, he is a good player but often underestimated and feels like he has something to prove. If you want an actual ant, a mimi worker leafcutter ant fits well. Mimi workers are VERY tiny (so work with short Bdubs) and leafcutter ants whole thing of transforming plants and building up a fungus (imagine: replace fungus with moss) garden… it all feels very Bdubs. (Just ignore that mimi workers tend to mainly do nest stuff)

Mumbo - as in original post, common black ant. No additions. He is just a guy who is a bit scared. Black colour scheme works well too.

Pearl - if we’re going by any insect, a moth species for sure. However, this is about ants. For her, there are a variety of options depending on what you most admire about Pearl. If you are thinking of her DL era, a female red velvet ant works nicely (solitary + scarlet colours + extremely powerful sting), though once again, whilst closely related, velvet ants aren’t ants. If you admire her technical skill as a builder, a weaver ant could work well, as they construct impressive nests using silk from larvae. A termite (not an ant, they’re cockroaches, but very similar social structure) could also work, as termite nests are massive and incredibly well constructed - and to an extent, look like Pearl’s tower mound thing.

Joel - not a Joel viewer but from what I know he’s very aggressive and sporadic. I think a bull ant (maybe Myrmecia pilosula or Myrmecia pyriformis) could be fun, with the tendency to sting and the massive mandibles and eyes. They’re one of the most “dangerous” ant species (in quotes because most deaths are due to allergies as opposed to the ant being lethally toxic itself). If you want to focus on him being Lizzie’s loving husband, perhaps they would work as a termite king and queen. If you want a Boat Boys joke, fire ants can gather as a colony and form a raft to survive flooding, so he would literally be a boat boy as a fire ant.

Side note: all worker ants are females. So, unless specified otherwise, all the men here would be trans! :)

#topics that matter to nobody but me #once again: not critique or “fixing” or anything. do whatever you want lol.#i just want an excuse to merge bugs with a fandom I’m in #full disclaimer I am behind on secret life so I may be missing character details but yeah #secret life #mounders #insects #bdoubleo100 #mumbo jumbo #pearlescentmoon #smallishbeans #locus fandom time #traffic series

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futurebird · 2 months

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"Crazy Legs" lives in Australia. he raises various bull ants, as I assume anyone lucky enough to live in Australia would. This is a video about moving his Myrmecia nigrocincta colony to a fantastic new nest of their own design.

It shows how the ants react to getting help from a giant (imagine a bunch of babies being dumped into your front door.) And the ways ants help each other when confused (happens often as they are just little ants.)

Captioned, with ambient sound.

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#ants #antposting #insects #bugs #bugblr #invertebrates #ant #myrmecology #antblr #antkeeping #Youtube

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rattyexplores · 2 years

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I took several photos of this Jumping-Jack Ant, this is the only good one 🥴

Apparently these ants got their name from their ability to jump up to 10 centimetres! They also have a terribly painful sting that lasts for days... Makes me a little nervous, considering I had one very close to my hand a few weeks ago.

Try to keep your distance with bugs, things could’ve ended a lot worse for me!

04/05/22

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skydarcyedwards · 2 years

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Myrmecia sp. Sky Darcy Edwards 2020 Shot in Western Australia, on the banks of the Derbarl Yerrigan.

#macro #macrophotography #ants #entomology #arthropology #macro photography #wildlife photography #eyes #animals #wildlife #photography #skydarcyedwards #ant #myrmecia #perth

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rollinouttahere-writes · 9 months

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I've got an interesting idea for a bug race for a one piece au! Since there is Fishmen and Minks with many distinct animal and fish features in their appearance so how about a race with insect, arachnid and other invertebrate features! 🐌🦋🐛🐜🐝🪲🐞🦗🪳🕷️🕸️🦂🦟🪰🪱 And what kind of bug would each straw hat member be in this AU?

Okay so fun fact about me, I was an entomology major in college before I dropped out. So thank you for this request because it was very self indulgent!

Insect AU

Luffy would be a jack jumper ant (Myrmecia Pilosula). This ant is very strong even by ant standards. Like their name suggests, they can leap up to 76 millimeters, which is extremely impressive when you take into account that they range from 11 - 14 millimeters in size. On top of that, they possess a potent venom that kills other insects with ease. They are notably aggressive, even towards things much larger than themselves, and can reliably kill prey much larger than themselves. Truly a fierce fighter that can go toe to toe with many enemies.

Zoro would be a centipede, specifically the Scolopendra Polymorpha. This centipede varies a lot in color, and can even be green. These guys pack some pretty serious venom with necrotic properties, not something you want to experience. Centipedes are extremely agile predators that can take down all kinds of prey with ease thanks to their strength and ability to contort their body.

Nami would be a velvet ant (Dasymutilla Occidentalis). Despite the name, these guys are not ants, but are ground dwelling wasps that happen to resemble ants. They have a deceptively cute reddish-orange fuzzy appearance, that makes their venomous sting all the more surprising. While only males of the species can fly, females have a stinger that delivers a devastating venom to whatever has it on the defense. While the effects of it are excruciating, it is not fatal.

Usopp would be a spiny leaf insect (Extatosoma Tiaratum). Despite the name, males don’t have many spikes beyond the ones on their face and some defensive ones on the legs, but they can fly so at least they have that going for them. One of their means of defense is to do a threat pose that makes them resemble a scorpion (and the nymphs mimic the appearance of a toxic species of ants), which sounds like a very Usopp thing to do in my humble opinion.

Sanji would be a budwing mantis (Parasphendale Affinis). This is widely considered to be the most aggressive mantid species. I will preface this by saying that this mostly applies to females, but for the sake of the AU, I’m going to ignore that and allow Sanji to have these qualities. The budwing mantis is a voracious predator that regularly kills prey three times the size of themselves, and will do their damnedest to intimidate even bigger animals. These guys are ambush predators with insanely fast reflexes. Males are especially eager to find a mate (however fatal that may be).

Chopper is a bumblebee, specifically the Bombus Balteatus. Why did I choose that one, you ask? Because it was the fluffiest looking one I could find. As for the rest of the reasoning, Chopper just has cute bumblebee vibes to me. He likes using his honey in his medicine when applicable. This is another case of us ignoring insect gender-roles.

Robin is a noble false widow spider (Steatoda Nobilis). This spider is commonly mistaken for black widows even though I don’t get how because they look nothing alike I mean really it’s like saying wolf spiders look like a brown recluse, so they have an unfairly bad reputation. While their venom is medically significant, it’s on par with a bee sting and nothing to worry about.

Franky is an atlas beetle (Chalcosoma Atlas). These are massive beetles with a very tough shell and most notably, have three long horns both for defense and mating purposes. Despite their intimidating size, they are actually quite friendly and make for great pets.

Brook would be a prairie mole cricket (Gryllotalpa Major). Despite the name, these aren’t true crickets, just a close relative. Lacking the specialized legs that crickets use to chirp, they instead rub their wings together to make noise. They dig burrows specifically designed to have excellent acoustics so as to help more females hear their “music”, which is surprisingly complex and can have up to five harmonics.

Jinbei would be a lobster. Not really an insect, but a relative of them no less.

#one piece #monkey d luffy #zoro roronoa #luffy #nami #cat burglar nami #one piece nami #usopp #sanji #black leg sanji #tony tony chopper #nico robin #franky the cyborg #cyborg franky #brook #soul king brook #jinbei #insect au

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antappreciationanonymous · 4 months

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The Most Rarest, Ancient Ants and The Quest to Rediscover Them

Australia is home to a wide range of ant species. One that might spring to mind is the Bulldog/Jack jumper ant, genus myrmecia.

(M. gulosa, "Hoppy Joe!")

As you can see, these ants have quite big eyes. This is because bulldog ants are very dependant on vision, something most other ant species have replaced with pheromonal (scent) trails.

But we aren't here to talk about them. We're here to discuss their cooler, shady cousin,

the Dinosaur ant (Nothomyrmecia macrops).

They might look all cute, but they are much more than that.

These ants are possibly the rarest and most primitive of all ant species, and this shows in their behaviour.

Like the Bulldog ant, these ants rely only on their vision as apposed to pheromones. Colonies only range from 50-100 individuals, when most ant species have colonies in the thousands. Furthermore, queens only lay one generation of eggs every year!

Because of this small size, workers can not effectively compete with other species such as Camponotus and Iridomyrmex. Thus, these ants are exclusively nocturnal so they don't have to hunt alongside the diurnal ant species.

Infact, the Dinosaur and Bulldog ant are so similar that the Dinosaur ants genus name, 'Nothomyrmecia', means 'False Bulldog ant'. The species name, 'macrops', means 'big eyes'.

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This species was first discovered in the form of two worker specimens by Amy Ena Crocker and colleagues, supposedly inland from Israelite Bay in Western Australia.

Due to its primitive appearance and unique body shapes, scientists were eager to find more specimens. Many expeditions were set out to locate this ant over the next three decades, all of which failed. One of the more notable expeditions was lead by the late, the great entomologist E. O. Wilson (who literally invented sociobiology!!!)

However, on October 22, 1977, entomologist Robert W. Taylor and colleagues would rediscover a lone worker in Poochera, South Australia. I'll let nullarbor.net take it away:

"Spurred on by rumours that an American scientist was coming to search for the lost ant, Dr. Taylor apparently mounted one last ditch attempt to beat the Americans to the punch. By an incredible stroke of good luck - if it could be called that - Dr Taylor and his group were driving to Western Australia when their vehicle struck mechanical problems at Poochera. As we all know, even the best laid plans can go astray, and Dr. Taylor's expedition was forced to make an unscheduled stop, and camp for the night at Poochera.

"Later that evening Dr. Taylor conducted an impromptu insect survey in the mallee scrub adjacent to camp. There's no doubt the last thing on Dr. Taylor's mind was Nothomyrmecia - after all, the last and only recorded sighting was made 46 years earlier, and even that was fully 1300 kilometres away to the west. Poochera was definitely the last place where Dr. Taylor expected to find Nothomyrmecia - but there it was, one solitary Nothomyrmecia worker ant crawling on a eucalyptus tree trunk.

"The sight was truly astonishing. Dr. Taylor then rushed back to his colleagues and in true Australian style he announced to the world, "The bloody bastard's here! I've got the Notho-bloody- myrmecia!"

I'd like to imagine that's true.

Poochera, which features Nothomyrmecia abundantly in the streets, is perhaps the only town I know of that survives exclusively off of ant tourism.

See you soon.

#ants #myrmecology #bugblr #entomology #antkeeping #insects #bugs #ant love #antblr #ant #nothomyrmecia #nothomyrmecia macrops

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big-bee-png · 7 months

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I remade my map and got around to naming all the main factions and major settlements.

Faction info below:

Favon has insect-people. It's iron-poor and overall low-tech but really the idea is supposed to be that "tech-trees" aren't linear.

United Myrmecia: A faction formed from the unification of several ant monarchies. Ruled by a council of queens. Lots of mushroom farming.

Babel: A territorial and isolationist faction of termites. Heavily centralized, without any notable population centers past the gargantuan towering main structure that serves as its capital. Controls the main supply of iron on the continent.

Azure League: A diverse faction formed by several smaller states for mutual defense during an old war. Home of the famous Horned Knights and skilled alchemists. Populated by all kinds of bugs.

Eurus has mammal and amphibian people. No monkeys though those don't exist. There's a high variety in overall "tech-levels" between factions, but each one has things it's the best at.

Nation of Selene: A technologically advanced faction from which the Wayfarers originated. The main user and supplier of electricity, exports Shock Cells. Often accused of poaching scientists from other factions. Mainly canines, felines, rabbits and the like.

Tusk Union: Highly industrial and fairly militaristic, surrounded by dangerous and aggressive wildlife. Brutalist architecture, specializes in metallurgy and biofuel. They got mostly boars, bulls, bears, weasels, etc.

Rhiz Republic: Mostly based on coastlines and wetlands. High food production through fishing and wetland farming, trades a lot with other factions. Lots of boats. Primarily composed of amphibians and semiaquatic mammals.

Subter Hollow: A series of settlements inside the massive cavern system under Eurus' central mountain range, joined in a loose union. Has lots of mining and mushrooms, as well as whatever unusual stuff that can be found in the depths. Mainly moles, bats, rodents and other underground or nocturnal animals.

#art #my art #digital art #worldbuilding #fantasy map #map #it's not the really detailed kind where people care a lot about realism with biome placement and stuff though #it's a cartoon

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powerixnews · 3 months

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The Dark Secrets of Ants Toxic Kiss, Zombie Fungus, and Enslavement #Ant... Ants hold dark and fascinating secrets that will shock you! Did you know that the Myrmecia pilosula ant species uses a toxic kiss to kill its prey? Or that a fungus called Ophiocordyceps unilateralis can zombify ants? Watch the video to learn about these mind-blowing facts about ants and how they use their remarkable abilities. #AntFacts #InsectBehavior #NatureSecrets #ZombieAnts #ToxicKiss #AntEnslavement #IncredibleInsects #AntZombification #NatureDocumentary

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