Benjamin Palm
@haplodiploid.bsky.social
studying ants 🐜 @unicologne.bsky.social
One of my personal favorites in the SMNG collection: the ‘pirate ant’, Cardiocondyla pirata, described by Seifert & Frohschammer (2013) from Luzon 🏴☠️
February 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
One of my personal favorites in the SMNG collection: the ‘pirate ant’, Cardiocondyla pirata, described by Seifert & Frohschammer (2013) from Luzon 🏴☠️
Starting my feed with one of my favorite Central European ants: Tetramorium atratulum (syn. Anergates atratulus) - a workerless inquiline we discovered in urban Essen, NRW, in 2021, marking its first state record since 1865!
Note the longitudinal depression on the gaster
Note the longitudinal depression on the gaster
December 1, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Starting my feed with one of my favorite Central European ants: Tetramorium atratulum (syn. Anergates atratulus) - a workerless inquiline we discovered in urban Essen, NRW, in 2021, marking its first state record since 1865!
Note the longitudinal depression on the gaster
Note the longitudinal depression on the gaster