A Sceliphron mud dauber wasp carries a glob of mud back to her mud nest, the weight of her load counterbalanced by her unusual petiolate abdomen. Texas. #sceliphron #sphecidae #wasp #insects #flight
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A Sceliphron mud dauber wasp carries a glob of mud back to her mud nest, the weight of her load counterbalanced by her unusual petiolate abdomen. -
Really wish people would stop talking about the problem with Science under Trump as “budget cuts”.Really wish people would stop talking about the problem with Science under Trump as “budget cuts”.
No. Budgets are set deliberatively by elected members of congress. Budgets haven’t been cut.
What’s happening are *purges* and *censorship*.
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On a research trip to Argentina many years ago, we were unexpectedly delayed several hours to clear permit paperwork at El Palmar National Park. -
Thinking of starting a new religion -
A soldier ant and several regular worker ants in a Pheidole hyatti late winter brood nest. -
Had a few minutes to do some photography today. -
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A queen Texas leafcutter ant in the fungus garden. -
Although leafcutter ants evoke the steamy tropics, our local Texas species is a decidedly winter animal, scarcely seen from July to October but going gangbusters on warmer days in February.Although leafcutter ants evoke the steamy tropics, our local Texas species is a decidedly winter animal, scarcely seen from July to October but going gangbusters on warmer days in February.
A video from earlier today at UT Austin's Brackenridge Field Lab:
#Atta #Ants #Formicidae #Formicidae
https://www.alexanderwild.com/HD-Video/Stock-video-files/Ants/n-2ztfv/i-wW2NBBK/A
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A highway of Atta cephalotes leafcutter ants at the La Selva biological station in Costa Rica.
