#anting'

[littlepawz]

Photographer Tony Austin was at the tail-end of a 3-hour nature walk recently when a murder of crows landed nearby. When one of the crows started “acting strangely,” Austin began photographing it.

Unbelievable but true!

Anting is a behavior in which crows land on an anthill and allow ants to infest their feathers. The ants then spray formic acid on their feathers. This acid will act as an insecticide, fungicide, and bactericide that will rid the bird of all its disease-causing pathogens!

[myrfing]

imagine if your boyfriend was like I can smell an ant. and started tracking

[dasloddl]

ID in alt

we get it, it’s beans ON toast and ants would eat that, also we get it, ants aren’t that loyal to their queen, they kill her off if she’s out of line

[julianplum]

🍄 🍁 🐌 🐜 🪳✨ // Omphalotus illudens, the bioluminescent jack o' lantern mushroom // gouache on paper

[decamarks]

Thinking of becoming a guy that thinks wolves are the most badass and aspirational animal, but about ants. Like wearing t-shirts about being loyal to my Queen and training to bench 5x my bodyweight. Studying ant warfare. Posting shit like this

[futurebird]

Are Humans Self-Aware?

Ants have often tested humans for self awareness. They placed objects in our homes and were shocked we didn't cover them in sand.

"Although humans build interesting nests & show signs of cooperation, can they really have rich inner lives like ants? Unlikely."

They laid pheromone trails & we ignored them.

"Even a newly eclosed callow or a termite could have followed these trails! Human intelligence is perhaps similar to that of a lichen... or perhaps an aphid at best."

[donutdrawsthings]

I don't think it should be weird, for me to put a fruit fly outside

[bug-kisser]

Despite everything the bug scuttles on

[mansand]

these army ants tend to move in groups of 4, with the line leader leading the expeditions. They have terrible eyesight, so rely on the sound of the Line Leader's bell staff, and the the pheromone map made by the previous expedition to know where they're heading.

[oddarette]

Lil’ Sprinkle Ants 🩷🐜⭐️🐜🩵🐜

[pangur-and-grim]

Grim and Belphegor had an illegal meeting, so I'm allowing them to legally meet

[mapsontheweb]

The world by the presence or absence of ants in the wild

[antposting]

[sleepyseaslug]

This is what’s in my head instead of a brain, btw.

[teamdarkdaily]

day 360: little critters