European IUSSI meeting – July 7 to 11, 2024 in Switzerland
Dear social insect lovers, dear friends and colleagues, We are excited to host the European meeting of the International Union for the Study of Social...
Myrmecological News Blog
Three new species of the subterranean, enigmatic Leptanilla ants
In the recent paper “Three new species of the ant genus Leptanilla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from China, with a key to the world species”, the authors...
Why developmental biology needs natural history: the case of Hylomyrma primavesi
A View by Brendon BoudinotEdited by Alice Laciny and Patrick Krapf In the recent paper “Biological notes, nest architecture, and morphology of the remarkable ant...
“The Queen is dead, long live the Queen”: Hylomyrma primavesi has ergatoid queens
In the recent paper “Biological notes, nest architecture and morphology of the remarkable ant Hylomyrma primavesi Ulysséa, 2021 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)” published in Myrmecological News,...
replicAnt: a data generator to create annotated images
Deep learning in computer vision is revolutionising the study of animal behaviour. Despite the advantages of transfer learning for non-model species, it relies on manual...
Happy New Year 2024
The Myrmecological News Blog has been online for over five years now (wow – since May 2018), and each year, Myrmecological News Blog and its...
Camponotus ants and their endosymbionts – a good symbiosis or a struggle for resources?
In the recent article “Harbouring Blochmannia incurs costs: a trade-off between the necessity of the obligate primary endosymbiont for brood development and its costs for...
Long live the queen
In most organisms, reproduction usually leads to a shorter lifespan. However, in eusocial insects the queen lives much longer than the worker ants. In the...
The astonishing ant diversity of Papua New Guinea
In this photoblog contribution, Phil Hoenle shares some amazing pictures taken during his field work in Papua New Guinea in 2022. Enjoy! A Photoblog contribution...
Let’s get to know ‘Metamorphosis’
Hello everyone, I hope you had fun in the previous post, connecting the dots to find out the ant. Are you ready for another ant...
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