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Papaw Dew's Deer Camp<p><strong>What I Am Learning About Fire Ants</strong></p> <p><a href="https://write.as/papawdew/what-i-am-learning-about-fire-ants" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">write.as/papawdew/what-i-am-le</span><span class="invisible">arning-about-fire-ants</span></a></p>
Alex Wild<p>On a research trip to Argentina many years ago, we were unexpectedly delayed several hours to clear permit paperwork at El Palmar National Park. </p><p>So I poked around with my camera instead and found a trail of fire ants being harassed by an ant-decapitating fly. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Phoridae" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Phoridae</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Insects</span></a></p>
Alex Wild<p>An ant-decapitating fly (Apocephalus sp.) takes advantage of a Pheidole dentata nest disturbed by the photographer to lay her eggs in the exposed ants. At <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UTAustin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UTAustin</span></a>&#39;s Brackenridge Field Lab in Texas.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Pheidole" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pheidole</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Phoridae" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Phoridae</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Insects</span></a></p>
Colin Purrington<p>It's not the best photograph but I think that blur above the ant's pronotum is Apocephalus coquilletti, a scuttle fly that injects eggs into Camponotus workers. After completing their development the fly apparently causes the ant's head to pop off, using it, I guess, as some sort of escape pod. The fly was amazingly good at tracking every evasive maneuver the ant attempted, making it seem like they were joined by a metal rod. Found it yesterday and now I'm obsessed with finding more. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/phoridae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phoridae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/diptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diptera</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/fly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fly</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>entomology</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ants</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a></p>
Alex Wild<p>A parasitic ant-decapitating fly (Apocephalus) takes advantage of a Pheidole dentata big-headed ant nest disturbed by the photographer to plant her eggs in the exposed ants. Brackenridge Field Laboratory, Texas.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Phoridae" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Phoridae</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ants</span></a></p>
Donald Hobern<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@leicamicrosystems" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>leicamicrosystems</span></a></span> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/microscope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microscope</span></a> images of a wonderful <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Phoridae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phoridae</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/fly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fly</span></a> from my <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Malaise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Malaise</span></a> trap in <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canberra</span></a>, Australia, 19-26 August 2022. </p><p>Identified on <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/inaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inaturalist</span></a> as <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Sciadocera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sciadocera</span></a> rufomaculata. </p><p><a href="https://inaturalist.org/observations/144604983" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.org/observations/1</span><span class="invisible">44604983</span></a></p><p>The antennae are amazing and the hind legs have curious long tufts of hairs/setae/whatever that must be used to brush something onto or off of something else. Can any <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/dipterist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dipterist</span></a> enlighten me?</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>entomology</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Diptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Diptera</span></a></p>
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