Myrmecos
Archives for November, 2007
New photos on myrmecos.net
Posted by Alex Wild on November 30, 2007 If I had to pick a favorite myrmicine ant, I’d go with the heavily armored Neotropical genus Cephalotes. These arboreal ants are typically thought of as rainforest canopy dwellers, but we have a desert species here in Arizona, Cephalotes rohweri, that is the northernmost species in an otherwise tropical genus. They nest in…
recognition!
Posted by Alex Wild on November 30, 2007 Matt Dowling’s Ontogeny Blog welcomes me to the blogosphere. Thanks Matt! ***update*** Hey, I’ve drawn the attention of The Ant Room, too!
A comment on slowing insects by chilling
Posted by Alex Wild on November 29, 2007 Once, I showed the above photograph to an expert on ground beetles. His only comment: “That looks dead”. It wasn’t dead, I had merely stuck it in the fridge to cool it down enough to sit still for a shot or two. I had spent the previous 20 minutes chasing the darn thing around the…
Birth of a Silkworm
Posted by Alex Wild on November 27, 2007 details: Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens, f/11, 1/200 sec, with diffuse flash.
Hello world!
Posted by Alex Wild on November 27, 2007 Welcome to my blog.