Category: Photoblog

In the recent article “Ants adjust their tool use strategy in response to foraging risk” published in Functional Ecology, Aiming Zhou, Yuzhe Du, and Jian...

Cannibalistic necrophagy is rarely observed in social hymenopterans, although a lack of food might promote such a behaviour. A suggested reason for its rarity is...

In the recent paper “A checklist of the non-leaf-cutting fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Colombia, with new biogeographic records”, Daniela Mera-Rodríguez, Francisco Serna, Jeffrey Sosa-Calvo,...

In the recent paper “The Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Sri Lanka: a taxonomic research summary and updated checklist”, Ratnayake Kaluarachchige Sriyani Dias, Benoit Guénard, Shahid...

The island of Sumatra in Indonesia is the sixth-largest island in the world and one of the main components of the Malay Archipelago. It harbours...

In January 2020, before the corona crisis, I was lucky to have had the opportunity to go on a two-week short trip to Mexico. My...

In the recent article “Uzbekistan — the alleged native range of the invasive ant Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): geographical, ecological and biological evidences” published in...

In the recently pubslished article “Ants’ diversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Algeria’s humid forests, case of the Gerrouche forest massif (Taza National Park)” published in...

In the recently published article “Two new iron maiden ants from Burmese amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: †Zigrasimeciini)” in Myrmecological News, Huijia Cao, Brendon E. Boudinot, Zhen Wang,...

In the article, soon to be published, “Sampling insects at remote and threatened regions: The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador, South America”,...