#ant posting

[underbite]

#ant posting

[futurebird]

What is a gamergate?

Friendly reminder about the word #gamergate

A "gamergate" (pronounced like "gamete") is a mated worker ant with the potential to become a queen of the colony. This is believed to be how early ant colonies worked before the physical differences between queens and workers became more pronounced in the majority of ant species. Diacamma, Harpegnathos and Ophthalmopone genus ants still have this ability.

This is the *only* significant meaning the word "gamergate" has had and will ever have.

I'm sorry... but look at her. She's like a cartoon character. "harpos" are very popular among antkeepers and their ability to choose new queens makes for interesting colony dynamic. They duel each other with their long mandibles to decide who will be queen.

And they can jump!

#gamergate #ants #ant #myrmecology #ant queen #Harpegnathos saltator #ant posting #ant words #antblr #bugs #insects #invertebrates #bugblr #antkeeping #antposting

[ren-054]

????

#ant posting #ant #water droplet

[ant-heritage-posts]

Behold, Jelly cat Ant ..

#ant #ant post #ant posting #jelly cat #stuffed animal #ant heritage post #original post #Jelly cat ant #bug #bug enthusiast #cute bug

[madame-mongoose]

the pheromones you give off tell me you are sad. dont worry! i will give you some delicious nectar to help. feel better?

#ant posting

[glass-unshattering]

ants are just little guys of the earth

#ant posting #ants #back at it again

[ajjconcertat2am]

almost off work im foaming at the mouth like an ant

#ant posting

[m00nyzz]

doodles of he ,, :33

#antpelt #ant posting

[caliboron]

what’s stoppig me from having a pet ant really is the upkeep. what if I lose him i cant fucking handle the grief the guilt of misplacing my ant and i’d never be able to see his cute face unless i use a micropcscope but that would burn him to death

#ants #pet ant #ant post #ant posting #antlife #I love ants #my posts #myposts

[movedtomysticusfreeze-art]

Beanie Boo Ant Concept

I can finally post again after my top surgery (can't rlly draw much because the anesthetic makes my drawing hand asleep constantly)

#my art #2d art #amimal #technically #beanie baby #beanie boo #ant #ant posting #sleep friend

[sonyplaytation]

nutrients.mp4

#ants #how it feels to chew 5 crumb #ant post #ant posting

[ant-that-lives-on-mars]

lllleeeeeoooooooooo

Hello

Discord does not want to open

But I come here to ask:

Do you know some good olandy or really any dialtown fics that are particularly scrumptious?

The last one I read ended in a very detailed sex scene, which I skipped and then became lost in the plot.

Thank you 🦐🦐🦐

Oh hey Jay!

BAHAHA

Anywayyys this one has a soft spot in my heart for painting a lovely picture and being silly and lovey dovey

<a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/39784161"><strong>would it be a sin (if i can't help falling in love with you?)</strong></a> (2579 words) by <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/thepigeoncat"><strong>thepigeoncat</strong></a><br />Chapters: 1/1<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Dialtown:%20Phone%20Dating%20Sim%20(Visual%20Novel)">Dialtown: Phone Dating Sim (Visual Novel)</a><br />Rating: Teen And Up Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Relationships: Randy Jade/Oliver Swift<br />Characters: Oliver Swift, Randy Jade, Phonegingi (Dialtown), well typegingi but theres no tag for that<br />Additional Tags: Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Romance, Slow Dancing, First Kiss, phone heads bc i'm not a COWARD, she/they pronouns for gingi, Canon Gay Relationship, Canon Trans Character, Mentioned Karen Dunn - Freeform, no beta we die like my sanity, Author Is Sleep Deprived<br />Summary: <p>after being dragged out to the funfair by typegingi, oliver meets up with randy. romantic shenanigans and a slow dance ensue.</p>

#hi jay!! #ant answers #ant posting

[futurebird]

Tube loitering

One of the downsides to connecting your nests using long tubes is "ant loitering" some ants like to just hang out in the tubes because they retain a little moisture and it's near everything. This will cause the tubes to get dirty and less attractive... hence my new invention of a "mid tube fan."

Getting ants to do anything is next level. They respond to every change and not in the ways you'd predict. They are sensitive to temp, light levels and air currents in ways that aren't obvious. I just need to find a small enough fan and 3D print a little holder for it. 

I recently cleared out a tube that the cone ants blocked with sand, using ... the legs of dead crickets like rebar to reenforce the structure. They had made this whole barricade to regulate the air flow to the nest (hence I'd never recommend a fan on a nest tube)

I guess building a wall out of cricket legs (as struts) with a sand slurry like concrete... isn't any more strange than those early humans with their bone huts...

though I still find both creepy.

#it wimdy #ants #ant posting #ant problems #ant solutions #antkeeping #pet ants #tubes #ant tube #ant set up #ant outworld #outworld #formicarium #mastodon #bone hut #rebar #crickets #cricket leg rebar #no loitering #loitering #ant crime

[definetelynotdepressed]

just learned about the ant posting tag

made my fucking day

#ant posting #i love u guys actually

[permanently-breedable]

I wonder how much ants and small insects are able to perceive about the world.

Do they know how small they truly are? Do they think we’re a threat? Can they even conceptualize a human? What about an elephant?

I wanna be an ant

#ants #sad ant with bindle #ant posting

[madame-mongoose]

i love being an ant :)

#ant posting