I am fucking fascinated with ants and their ways

[~~whimsy~~]

If you watched the movie "a bug's life" you know that ants take rainy days off.
I've always wondered what they do in their downtime.

Mate. Lol

 

[Rane1071]

 

[Rane1071]

"David I'm serious. That's actually poop!" :1orglaugh

 

[Petra]

https://www.youtube.com/user/AntsCanada/videos

This guy keeps all sorts of different variety of ant colonies and it's fascinating to watch his videos.

 

[tvstrip]

Mate. Lol

So.... work day or mass sex orgy?

I'm sure the weather reporter ant must get lots of bribes.

I remember seeing this guy on TV. He makes sculptures by pouring molten metal into fire ant colonies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGJ2jMZ-gaI

 

[LunaMo]

They are so much smarter than people think

 

[Rane1071]

"Clear-winged Forest Glory (Vestalis gracilis, Calopterygidae) "

I love this guys vids. They're educational and funny as fuck.

 

[Rane1071]

Spider Moth (Musotiminae, Crambidae)

Members of a few Musotimine genera have wing markings strongly suggestive of spiders, presumably as an anti-predation strategy.

 

[Rane1071]

Tortoise beetles owe their name to the carapace under which they can find shelter like a tortoise, with the difference that their carapace can open for flight. This species (Charidotis venusta) with a golden ring that looks like a target is from the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador.

 

[~~whimsy~~]

4,000 year old termite mounds found in Brazil. Can be seen from space.

https://gizmodo.com/these-4-000-year-old-termite-mounds-can-be-seen-from-sp-1830535297/amp

 

[tvstrip]

Yellow Stripy things

While I hate hornets/wasps, I have to say I'm memorized by the bumblebee. I think someone famously said it physically shouldn't be able to fly like it does and I concur.
Aside from the fact that it's wing/body ratio is comically off, watching them fly and stop on a dime in mid-air is crazy. It just seems like it should be physically impossible but it does it like it's nothing. No wonder Korsakov even wrote a song about it.

 

[Rane1071]

 

[~~whimsy~~]

 

[~~whimsy~~]

 

[Rane1071]

"War. War never changes."

 

[Rane1071]

 

[Rane1071]

30 Million-Year-Old Praying Mantis Is Preserved in Pristine Piece of Amber

 

[Rane1071]

:1orglaugh Love this guys vids.

 

[Rane1071]

 

[Rane1071]

I love this guy.