If you're willing to poke around underground, you might find some truly weird ants. Like these Syscia madrensis, whose blind, wormlike bodies are ideal for hunting in tight spaces. Arizona.
#Ants #Insects #Dorylinae #Syscia
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A female tarantula hawk wasp takes nectar from a horsetail milkweed at the Southwestern Research Station in Arizona.A female tarantula hawk wasp takes nectar from a horsetail milkweed at the Southwestern Research Station in Arizona.
I should do more of these dreamy natural light shots. This one was with a 200m lens on a 2x teleextender.
#WaspLove #Pepsis #TarantulaHawk #Insects
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At the Bugshot photography workshop in Arizona, we happened across a column of Neivamyrmex nigrescens army ants that had popped above ground to grab termites after their mating flights.At the Bugshot photography workshop in Arizona, we happened across a column of Neivamyrmex nigrescens army ants that had popped above ground to grab termites after their mating flights. A real feast, hauled away to feed hungry ant larvae. #Neivamyrmex #ArmyAnts #ants #insects
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If I wanted to design the perfect beachead to introduce, incubate, and launch Yellow Fever into the United States, I would very much build something like this monstrosity.If I wanted to design the perfect beachead to introduce, incubate, and launch Yellow Fever into the United States, I would very much build something like this monstrosity.
Miami-Dade mayor slams Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention plan in Everglades
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said the proposed facility poses a threat to the water supply, regional economy and public asset value.
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An Asian needle ant carries a larva in her nest.An Asian needle ant carries a larva in her nest. This non-native predatory ant species is spreading rapidly in the United States, displacing native ants and posing a minor stinging threat. (Photo from Tennessee). #Ants #Brachyponera #Insects #InvasiveSpecies
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Winged fire ant queens scale vegetation prior to launching themselves on a late spring mating flight.Winged fire ant queens scale vegetation prior to launching themselves on a late spring mating flight. Brackenridge Field Laboratory, Texas. #Ants #Solenopsis #insects
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The iNaturalist generative AI proposal is, in my opinion, very close to the ideal use case for generative AI.The iNaturalist generative AI proposal is, in my opinion, very close to the ideal use case for generative AI. It purports to tackle a known, defined, but limited problem, it is surrounded by actual humans, and as it is text-only it'll have some but not a massive environmental impact.
And still.
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Controversy brewing in the iNaturalist community over the nonprofit's partnership with Google to make generative-AI text content.@futurebird The described use seems targeted to resolve a recurring shortcoming of the site, and wouldn't touch the images.
But that they are oblivious to how a group of nature nerds might react to a sudden partnership with the tech death star? Does not bode well for the organization.
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Controversy brewing in the iNaturalist community over the nonprofit's partnership with Google to make generative-AI text content.Controversy brewing in the iNaturalist community over the nonprofit's partnership with Google to make generative-AI text content.
What is this - iNaturalist and generative AI?
IMPORTANT UPDATE - PLEASE READ BEFORE GOING THROUGH THE REST OF THE THREAD: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-is-this-inaturalist-and-generative-ai/66140/431?u=graysquirrel . . What on earth is going on with this…
iNaturalist Community Forum (forum.inaturalist.org)
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Apparently the lizards are putting a band together?Apparently the lizards are putting a band together? A very real scene in the garage from just now.
