via Google Trends. Blue is ants, red is beetles:
Ants win, even in the face of the beetles' 20-fold species advantage.
That seasonal pattern is striking, no?
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I've posted enough Friday Beetles that I can no longer remember which species I've already done. Some species were almost posted twice out of sheer forgetfulness. Must be the academic scatter-brain.
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I've heard of "carrion beetles" but this is more like a "carry-on beetle":
Ants also win against termites and quite even with mosquito. However, ants lost big time from butterfly and spider. Interestingly, Australia is always the no. 1 country in the lists.
This blue-beats-red thing isn't a political commentary in disguise, is it? :)
Yeah, I noticed that about Australia. They must spend all their time googling bugs in that country.
JP- I did match up "Obama" and "Ants", just to see. I'd not put any money on Ants this November, if you know what I mean.
LOL! Very entertaining comparison. I would never have thought to use trends this way.