Spyke
lemmy.world

He cannot protec
Nor can he attac
But he is a little hat

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lemmy.world

I can’t be the only one who like the picture, but have absolutely no idea what the headline means.

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elmichareply
feddit.de

I think the little ant is called Discothyrea sexarticulata, and it got its name from a person named Borgmeier.

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Not biologists, saw the picture on a museum and tough it deserved some attention. I believe it became custom to add the name of the person who discovered the species and the year to the scientific name as can be seen here and in the message at the side of the picture on te museum.

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The small ant is a specialized predator of spider eggs. I don't think they have any relationship, the photographer just wanted to show the contrast between their size and took a cool picture.

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I for one am grateful that when we make earth uninhabitable for ourselves that ants will become the dominant species. they're so fucking cool.

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You say that like they are not already the dominant species...

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I think the little ant is called Discothyrea sexarticulata, and it got its name from a person named Borgmeier.

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A Discothyrea sexarticula Borgmeier worker on the top of the head of a Dinoponera Roger worker | Spyke