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myrmepropagandist @futurebird@sauropods.win
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Here is a PDF of "A guide to the Ants of Jambi (Sumatra, Indonesia)" By Rizky Nazarreta, Damayanti Buchori, Yoshiaki Hashimoto, Purnama Hidayat, Stefan Scheu and Jochen Drescherwhich is full of photos of the ants. (131MB)

Put it on your phone for a rainy day.



penerbit.brin.go.id/press/catalog/view/273/365/5079
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myrmepropagandist @futurebird@sauropods.win
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The sheer ant diversity in this part of the world is overwhelming. So this book is kind of just a long list of ants that exist.

The preface says: "Therefore, if you want to read more about the life of ants, whether in Jambi or anywhere else, try to start writing the book yourself."

Understood!
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myrmepropagandist @futurebird@sauropods.win
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Even I can spot this one.

If you see an ant so big you do a double take, that's dinomyrmex.
"It is they are very large in size" Dinomyrmex with a drawing of the ant from the species key.
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myrmepropagandist @futurebird@sauropods.win
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I always find something I've never seen before. Look at Technomyrmex lisae. Head like a valentine. (this means the mandibles are very powerful, those lobes are for extra muscle attachments)

Why does she need such a powerful bite? Is it because love is often so hard?



www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1424800-Technomyrmex-lisae
A remarkable ant with a heart-shaped head. It's light brown. Photo by Jonghyn Park from iNaturalist.
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myrmepropagandist @futurebird@sauropods.win
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Whenever I find a new list of ants I keep saying "look at this ant!" for days.
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myrmepropagandist @futurebird@sauropods.win
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I promise you will not regret looking at this ant One more "look at this ant"

I promise you will not regret.

Cataulacus latissimus. This is similar to the turtle ants of North America, but look at this tiny creature. Made to be flat. The flat body may help this ant if she falls off of her tree, she can sail back to the trunk and find her colony again. (this is a guess based on ants with similar size and morphology)

www.inaturalist.org/observations/230664476
A matte black ant that has a very flat body with gothic details. It's like a series of black plates and spikes. The eyes are on the side of the head as it rests on a leaf. Photo from iNaturalist by melvynyeo
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walnut 🌱 @walnut@thesoftestpaws.net
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I did not regret looking at this ant @futurebird
I've never seen an ant like that, wow. Reminds me sort of those insects that look like leaves but she's tiny
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