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Stefan F. WirthThe <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/slave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#slave</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/ant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ant</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Formica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Formica</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/fusca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fusca</a> (<a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Formicinae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Formicinae</a>) is seen here on common <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/tansy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tansy</a> collecting <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/honeydew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#honeydew</a> from and guarding the <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/aphid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aphid</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Metopeurum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Metopeurum</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/fuscoviride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fuscoviride</a>. The <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workers</a> of this ant <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/species" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#species</a>, which builds <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/polygynous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#polygynous</a> subterranean nests, are often exploited by other species for nest building. As C. Carere et al. (2018) found, there is a linear link between <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/individual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#individual</a> and <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/collective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#collective</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/behavior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#behavior</a>.©<a href="https://biologists.social/tags/StefanFWirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StefanFWirth</a> Berlin 2025Ref C. Carere et al. (2018) <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2018.07.009" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2018.07.009</a><a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Photos</a> ©S F. Wirth 2025

Pierre Cassou-NoguèsProject Atlantic. Step 7. From Soulac to Royan. An easy day. I take the boat accross the Gironde with my bicycle. Royan holds on to its dream of plastic and concrete. The café des bains has become a cheap surf shop. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/projectatlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#projectatlantic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/royan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#royan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/formica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#formica</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bike</a>

Stefan F. WirthThe <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/antbagbeetle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antbagbeetle</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Clytra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Clytra</a> laeviuscula (<a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Chrysomelidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chrysomelidae</a>, <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Coleoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Coleoptera</a>) is a <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/phytophagous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phytophagous</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/beetle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#beetle</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/species" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#species</a> widespread in Europe with a <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/myrmicophilic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#myrmicophilic</a> relationship of the <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/larvae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#larvae</a> and <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/pupae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pupae</a> to <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/antnests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antnests</a> of the genera <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Formica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Formica</a>, <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Lasius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lasius</a> and Camponotus. The larva lives mainly from the food of the ant larvae. It is protected from ant attacks by own dropping pieces (<a href="https://biologists.social/tags/skatoconches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#skatoconches</a>). Pupation also takes place in this protected manner. <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#evolution</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a> © <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/StefanFWirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StefanFWirth</a> Berlin 2024

Alex WildAnts are not ideal pollinators, as they don't move as efficiently among plants as do flying insects. But they are capabable of picking up and moving at least some pollen, as demonstrated by this Formica incerta field ant on Queen Anne's Lace. Townsend, Tennessee.<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ants</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Formica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Formica</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Insects</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pollinators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a>

Alex WildA wily field ant- Formica dolosa- gathers nectar from a flower at Indiana Dunes National Park.<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Insects</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bloomscrolling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ants</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Formica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Formica</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nature</a>

myrmepropagandistMy <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Formica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Formica</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/subsericea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#subsericea</a> queen is very skittish and if there is a loud nose or vibrations she runs out of her nest and tries to hide in the water feeder. Only she is much too large for this to work. Poor girl. <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/antdrawings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antdrawings</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/antart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antart</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ants</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/antqueen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antqueen</a>

Alex WildPleased with this shot of a field ant (Formica subsericea) grabbing a pile of eggs. Tennessee.<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Insects</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ants</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Formica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Formica</a>

myrmepropagandistEven the queen moves quickly. They are always fighting over who gets to carry what. There is generally a small clutch of eggs in the nest and I have never seen them set it down. An ant is always proudly holding the cluster of new eggs and she won’t let her sisters help her hold it. I think they must sit it down when it’s dark and quiet in the nest— but if I’m taking photos? well we never get to see them calm first that reason! Ants notice photographers! <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/formica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#formica</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ants</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/antvideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antvideo</a>

CellBioNews<a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/Supergene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Supergene</a> research solves the mystery of tiny <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/ant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ant</a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/queens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#queens</a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/formica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#formica</a> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-03-supergene-mystery-tiny-ant-queens.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phys.org/news/2024-03-supergene-mystery-tiny-ant-queens.html</a>

Mikko KolkkalaThe evolution of social parasitism in <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Formica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Formica</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ants</a> revealed by a global <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/phylogeny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phylogeny</a>! @ mareklborowiec et al. 2020 <a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.17.423324v1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.17.423324v1</a>

Mikko KolkkalaMolecular <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/phylogeny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phylogeny</a> of <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Formica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Formica</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ants</a>! Parasitic colony founding is likely to be an intermediary step between free-living hosts and slave-maker parasites<a href="https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29592795" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29592795</a>

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