#LeafCutterAnt hashtag - Bluesky

@birdsnstuff.bsky.social

1 month ago

Leafcutter ants illustrated with ferns and petals in a whimsical botanical style 🐜🌿

#LeafcutterAnt #BotanicalArt #NatureInspired

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BirdsnStuff

@birdsnstuff.bsky.social

1 month ago

Leafcutter ants illustrated as tiny forest gardeners 🌿🐜
#LeafcutterAnt #InsectArt #NatureInspired

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Chelton's Bird and Wildlife Photography

@bird-photography.bsky.social

2 months ago

Carrying a pink piece of leaf it cut, a leafcutter ant walks along a brown branch in front of a bright and dark green background. The ant os a reddish-brown color and has a very armor-like exterior with big spikes on its back behind its head. The pink piece of leaf has tiny visible hairs all over it.

One of my favorite things to see in Costa Rica: the leafcutter ant. They're extremely fascinating to watch!

📷 Canon 5D Mk III
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM
M, f/5.6, 1/200, ISO 640
7/1/22
Parrita, Costa Rica

#ant #ants #leafcutterant #invertebrates #invertebrate 🐜

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myrmepropagandist

@futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy

1 year ago

myrmepropagandist (@futurebird@sauropods.win) Attached: 1 image The book “Gardening Ants: The Attines” (Weber) is old but it has so many banger illustrations. Here is one showing the size difference in Atta cephalotes minors and majors. This difference is entirely caused by how the ants are fed and cared for. Ants have so much variability in gene expression and they use it to shape their population to fit the work that needs to be done. (I love the naturalistic placement of the minor on the major’s head, they do hang out like this.) #antbooks #diagrams #ants

The rest of the raving about this ant is here:

https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/113994279323105956

#atta #leafcutterant #ants #peakperformance

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Arne Kaiser

@therealkaiser.bsky.social

1 year ago

A leaf-cutter ant carrying a giant flower petal through Turrialba, Costa Rica. Maybe he’s trying to impress his girl—because who wouldn’t be wowed by such a grand gesture? #Turrialba #CostaRica #LeafCutterAnt #Prettypictures #ArnesPictures #Photography #NatureRomance #JungleLife

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