Chebucto Regional Softball Club

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alexwild@mastodon.online

@alexwild@mastodon.online

A forum for discussing and organizing recreational softball and baseball games and leagues in the greater Halifax area.

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When fly designers subcontract Jackson Pollock to do the eyes.
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Temnothorax isabellae, from the rainforests of Puerto Rico, is one of the more colorful ant species I have photographed.
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@futurebird @alexwild do we have any studies? I never got around to 2 foot wide paintings of these beauties I studied in th dissecting scope. Alas
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Illuminating but depressing reddit discussion on why Austin's many natural creeks are now dry most of the time (tl,dr; too much groundwater pumping).
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A textbook image I did a few years ago showing a trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus rixosus) with her mandibles held open and trigger hairs forward, and then in the closed position.
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And a side view showing the whole animal.
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The U.S.
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Bluesky lol
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@stephanie @alexwild It’s not wrong to expect better of people. But we really need our own networks. We need the power to say “no” —
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A gallery of ant queens from around the world.
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@alexwild This one is by far the most wild! How to drop off your eggs so that some other ants will raise and feed them?Become a literal third wheel. Imagine finding random extra babies in your nursery every morning— makes cuckoo birds seem tame. https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Natural-History/Queen-Ants/i-vChwDDZ
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The fine velvety hairs on this Lutrochus travertine beetle trap air like a little bug scuba tank to help it breathe underwater.
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Crematogaster crinosa acrobat ants visiting a Heliconia flower.
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@alexwild Pretty and functional sisters of various sizes for various tasks.
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"Why do queen bumblebees emerge from hibernation during weekends?"
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@alexwild I too only emerge on weekends.