Just got an new ant guide "Ants of Britain and Europe"
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Just got an new ant guide "Ants of Britain and Europe"
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did ya'll brexit the ANTS too???
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Just got an new ant guide "Ants of Britain and Europe"
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did ya'll brexit the ANTS too???
Nonetheless a top notch field guide with lots of photos, helpful tips on how to tell the ants apart.
Yes. I read field guides sometimes. What are you going to do about it? It's like a catalog of interesting ants I might meet someday if I ever travel over there.
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Just got an new ant guide "Ants of Britain and Europe"
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did ya'll brexit the ANTS too???
The first version of the guide was in French and called "fourmis d'europe occidentale" or "The Ants of Western Europe" I don't know if that edition included Britain?
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Just got an new ant guide "Ants of Britain and Europe"
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did ya'll brexit the ANTS too???
Perhaps next I will read "The Ants of the Americas and Canada" ??
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Nonetheless a top notch field guide with lots of photos, helpful tips on how to tell the ants apart.
Yes. I read field guides sometimes. What are you going to do about it? It's like a catalog of interesting ants I might meet someday if I ever travel over there.
@futurebird who am I to judge.
I have a field guide on geology on my desk.
It has a 50 step process to allow anyone to identify minerals!
Because who doesn't go on hikes without a splash of vinegar handy.
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@futurebird who am I to judge.
I have a field guide on geology on my desk.
It has a 50 step process to allow anyone to identify minerals!
Because who doesn't go on hikes without a splash of vinegar handy.
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@futurebird who am I to judge.
I have a field guide on geology on my desk.
It has a 50 step process to allow anyone to identify minerals!
Because who doesn't go on hikes without a splash of vinegar handy.
@sewblue @futurebird ooh i want one. i heard there's geology all around here! seriously it would be nice to know what kind of minerals i'm looking at
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@sewblue @futurebird ooh i want one. i heard there's geology all around here! seriously it would be nice to know what kind of minerals i'm looking at
@catmisgivings @futurebird look for roadside geology books for your area!
They have maps like this or similar along roadways, pointing out interesting formations. Some are more detailed than others.
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@catmisgivings @futurebird look for roadside geology books for your area!
They have maps like this or similar along roadways, pointing out interesting formations. Some are more detailed than others.
OMG I wonder if there is a NYC one. There is an audience for such things. I always wonder about the various rocks and cuts I see.
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@sewblue @futurebird urine is always available. That should work, yes?
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The first version of the guide was in French and called "fourmis d'europe occidentale" or "The Ants of Western Europe" I don't know if that edition included Britain?
I want to say a little bit about insect field guides and languages. Although, I think this applies for any kind of field guide for plants, rocks, birds anything...
It's very hard to find good field guides in multiple languages, even in a spamy language like English or French. Guides tend to be localized.
There are whole shelves of ant books that haven't been translated and I can't read them and it drives me nuts.
I mean it makes sense, but I want all of them.
Ecological Illustrated of Common Ant Species from China [Chinese]
Buy Ecological Illustrated of Common Ant Species from China [Chinese] (9787534996979): NHBS - Zhou Shanyi, Henan Science and Technology Publishing House
(www.nhbs.com)
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I want to say a little bit about insect field guides and languages. Although, I think this applies for any kind of field guide for plants, rocks, birds anything...
It's very hard to find good field guides in multiple languages, even in a spamy language like English or French. Guides tend to be localized.
There are whole shelves of ant books that haven't been translated and I can't read them and it drives me nuts.
I mean it makes sense, but I want all of them.
Ecological Illustrated of Common Ant Species from China [Chinese]
Buy Ecological Illustrated of Common Ant Species from China [Chinese] (9787534996979): NHBS - Zhou Shanyi, Henan Science and Technology Publishing House
(www.nhbs.com)
The same is true for origami books but you don't need to be able to read to get a lot out of those.
But, there are still whole seas of information hidden behind language barriers. I guess translating field guides isn't lucrative?
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OMG I wonder if there is a NYC one. There is an audience for such things. I always wonder about the various rocks and cuts I see.
@futurebird @sewblue @catmisgivings
I have another book in the series but it appears New York state has one.
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The same is true for origami books but you don't need to be able to read to get a lot out of those.
But, there are still whole seas of information hidden behind language barriers. I guess translating field guides isn't lucrative?
It's one of those things that you kind of assume exists. Of course I can find a book on "The Ants of Major Country/Region" but ... no maybe you can't. At least not one that isn't from 1919 with no photos.
"The Ants of Borneo" Is full of tempting leads, but it's so old many of the names have changed and some of the ants only have one or two words about them.
Granted there are about 16,000 species of ants. STILL.
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OMG I wonder if there is a NYC one. There is an audience for such things. I always wonder about the various rocks and cuts I see.
@futurebird @sewblue @catmisgivings
The Roadside Geology series only covers the United States by state - except that California gets two books, because it has a lot of geology and also a lot of roads (Alaska only gets one) : https://mountain-press.com/collections/roadside-geology .
But the AMNH has published some guide books for NYC in particular. Some examples:
The geology of New York City and environs : Schuberth, Christopher J : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
xiv, 304 p. 24 cm
Internet Archive (archive.org)
https://www.amnh.org/content/download/399072/5846346/file/teachers-guide.pdf
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@futurebird @sewblue @catmisgivings
The Roadside Geology series only covers the United States by state - except that California gets two books, because it has a lot of geology and also a lot of roads (Alaska only gets one) : https://mountain-press.com/collections/roadside-geology .
But the AMNH has published some guide books for NYC in particular. Some examples:
The geology of New York City and environs : Schuberth, Christopher J : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
xiv, 304 p. 24 cm
Internet Archive (archive.org)
https://www.amnh.org/content/download/399072/5846346/file/teachers-guide.pdf
@michael_w_busch @futurebird @catmisgivings This is the most Mastodon pile on I've ever seen. People very excited over geology books!
For the record - this is the book with the 50 point process for determining mineral types.
The Roadside book I have has better maps, but the Sierras book is better on the science. Crazy fun fact - the west side of the Sierras has an average 2% grade. It's tough mainly because of crazy river and glacier valleys (Yosemite!). The back side of the Sierras has a whopping average 25% grade.
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@michael_w_busch @futurebird @catmisgivings This is the most Mastodon pile on I've ever seen. People very excited over geology books!
For the record - this is the book with the 50 point process for determining mineral types.
The Roadside book I have has better maps, but the Sierras book is better on the science. Crazy fun fact - the west side of the Sierras has an average 2% grade. It's tough mainly because of crazy river and glacier valleys (Yosemite!). The back side of the Sierras has a whopping average 25% grade.
@sewblue @michael_w_busch @futurebird @catmisgivings The volume in the same series on the geology of the San Francisco Bay Area is also really good: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/geology-of-the-san-francisco-bay-region/paper
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Just got an new ant guide "Ants of Britain and Europe"
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did ya'll brexit the ANTS too???
@futurebird I've noticed most "birds/mammals/trees of North America" type books often leave out Mexico and Greenland, which doesn't make any biogeographical sense at all.
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@sewblue @michael_w_busch @futurebird @catmisgivings The volume in the same series on the geology of the San Francisco Bay Area is also really good: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/geology-of-the-san-francisco-bay-region/paper
@jmccyoung @michael_w_busch @futurebird @catmisgivings have your read this one? It was hard to get a copy for a while.
(I am not exactly sure how geology books have multiplied like mushrooms on my bookshelves)
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Nonetheless a top notch field guide with lots of photos, helpful tips on how to tell the ants apart.
Yes. I read field guides sometimes. What are you going to do about it? It's like a catalog of interesting ants I might meet someday if I ever travel over there.
@futurebird Do you have a recommendation for ants of the mid-Atlantic?
