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Myrmecos

  1. If you're in Brazil and want some pointers on taking better photographs, I'm speaking this week in Viçosa, MG j.mp/KvpMnB 5:04 AM May 27th via Tweet Button
  2. @bug_girl Africanized bees are known to not have as many Varroa problems. Shorter life cycle allows them to stay ahead of mites. 3:20 PM May 25th via web in reply to bug_girl
  3. Many thanks to the zoology students at UFPR in Curitiba, who turned up on a Friday afternoon to hear me talk, even tho it was in English. 1:56 PM May 25th via web
  4. I like the ants in Brazil. Brazilian ants don't seem to like me, however plus.google.com/u/0/1015087619… 8:04 AM May 25th via web
  5. That light pollution has grave consequences for insects should surprise no one wired.co.uk/news/archive/2… 7:50 AM May 25th via web
  6. Does conservative columnist Cal Thomas realize "hard-working ants" are, in life, full-on communists? tennessean.com/article/201205… 7:43 AM May 25th via web
  7. I am getting the impression that Brazil's ants aren't too happy about my visit plus.google.com/u/0/1015087619… 4:07 AM May 25th via web
  8. Wings of a periodical cicada: alexanderwild.com/Insects/Bounti… 4:02 AM May 25th via web
  9. If it weren't for the Araucaria trees, I could swear I was in Italy j.mp/LJDiIa #Brazil 4:02 PM May 24th via Tweet Button
  10. Stingless bees! plus.google.com/u/0/1015087619… 6:36 PM May 21st via web
  11. I'm interrupting my twitter silence to announce that I'm having The Best Time Ever in Brazil. Such a vibrant country. 3:19 PM May 21st via web
  12. Marlin Rice made a fantastic video of Africa's Matabele ants entsoc.org/buzz/ants-afri… 6:25 PM May 19th via Tweet Button
  13. A hopper that mimics its ant associates j.mp/Khj9nN 3:24 PM May 18th via Tweet Button
  14. @piterkeo Parana 5:24 AM May 14th via web in reply to piterkeo
  15. Not that I will be suffering, however. There is more than enough electricity to power a beer fridge. 4:50 AM May 14th via web
  16. My twitter stream will be silent this week. I leave today for a part of Brazil's Atlantic Rainforest so remote it doesn't even have internet 4:48 AM May 14th via web
  17. First photos from the field in Brazil: plus.google.com/u/0/1015087619… Nectar-robbing bees! 10:14 AM May 13th via web