Nostr notes by Alex Wild

An Azteca ant inside her brood nest in a hollow Cecropia tree ...

2026-05-11T16:04:45+02:00

An Azteca ant inside her brood nest in a hollow Cecropia tree stem.

What she is holding is not an egg or a larva (those are the lumpy things with the interior dark patch) but a food body produced by the tree specifically to feed the ants, as they protect the tree from caterpillars. Colombia.

#Ants #Azteca #Ecology #Evolution #Cecropia #Insects

Found some common buckeye caterpillars (Junonia ceonia) on our ...

2026-04-13T02:57:22+02:00

Found some common buckeye caterpillars (Junonia ceonia) on our snake herb this afternoon. #Caterpillars #Nature #JunoniaCoenia #Lepidoptera

An incipient paper wasp nest built under the shelter of a large, ...

2026-03-15T13:48:04+01:00

An incipient paper wasp nest built under the shelter of a large, partly curled leaf. Guanica dry forest reserve, Puerto Rico.

The different eye colors of the two insects are age-related; the individual with black eyes has only recently emerged.

#Wasps #Mischocyttarus #Insects #Photography

A couple.

2026-01-29T03:03:46+01:00

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A couple.

A green tree ant stands guard on a leaf nest. Oecophylla ...

2026-01-29T02:58:25+01:00

A green tree ant stands guard on a leaf nest. Oecophylla smaragdina. These little guys are everywhere in the humid tropics of southeast Asia and Australia and have a lemony flavor. Cairns.

#Ants #AustralianWildlife #Insects #Oecophylla

Dear Europe, I know you're having a tremendous time yelling ...

2026-01-24T17:35:13+01:00

Dear Europe,

I know you're having a tremendous time yelling at Americans, and fair enough for that, but get your houses in order because what happened in the United States is being orchestrated in your countries, and it may prevail as long as you let this sort of thing grow.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/24/a-lot-of-fear-the-families-bearing-brunt-of-swedens-immigration-crackdown?CMP=share_btn_url

Post a photo of an animal that looks Gen-AI but is 100% real. ...

2025-12-07T00:43:26+01:00

Post a photo of an animal that looks Gen-AI but is 100% real.

Hegemona lineata, Belize.

#Tenebrionidae #Photography #Insects

This is such a cool study. A parasitic ant queen tricks worker ...

2025-11-17T18:43:29+01:00

This is such a cool study. A parasitic ant queen tricks worker ants into murdering their own queen, so the parasite can take over the colony.

#Ants #Science https://www.sciencenews.org/article/parasitic-ant-matricide-queen

An immature Phidippus jumping spider, Texas. #spider #Photography ...

2025-08-24T17:42:27+02:00

An immature Phidippus jumping spider, Texas. #spider #Photography #salticidae

The enemy. So pretty. So hungry. Eating my tomatoes and looking ...

2025-05-04T16:31:36+02:00

The enemy. So pretty. So hungry. Eating my tomatoes and looking gorgeous. #insects #hornworm #lepidoptera #gardening