I am much less confused about this ant now than I was this morning, thanks to a lot of great comments (many of which I need to get to)! So, yeah, they're a bilateral gynandromorphic individual, genus polyergus - Amazon ants! I learned a lot of new things today. 😄 More pics:

Mammalogists, what do you think? Bobcat tracks? Seen at Botany Bay in mid June

Ummm, nobody told me that Hemipterans produce some kind of egg sac! Look at their red eyes 🥺😍 Does anyone know what this is called or which families produce it? Found on a tomato leaf in one of my vacuum samples.

While filming hanging jumping spiders at night, we noticed surprising things happening. Regular phases of curling up their legs and twitching in what seemed like uncontrolled movements. Reminding us a lot of sleeping dogs or cats, we asked: could this be REM sleep? 2/7

Martha, the last passenger pigeon, died on this date in 1914 in the Cincinnati Zoo. Before going extinct, they were described as darkening the skies. Numbering in the billions, it could take hours for a flock to fly overhead.

If anybody happens to want to hear #BenedictCumberbatch talk elegantly about #lizards, check out the secret project I was privileged to help out with last year - Super/Natural airing 9/21 on Disney+! ... and the first promo photo is our water #anoles! disneyplusoriginals.disney.com/show/super-nat…

New product alert! Our traditional wooden pinning block is now available for orders. Made with sustainable paulownia wood, this pinning block is suitable for seasoned entomologists and folks that are just learning how to pin! ecologysupplies.com/products/pinni…

Thank you for attending and asking thoughtful questions! What a joy to be able to share my work with so many close friends, colleagues, and mentors in one day

I am seeking MS or PhD students to start in my new freshwater ecology lab SUNY ESF for Fall 2023! If you are interested in aquatic organisms, food webs, isotopes, and/or water quality research, please visit my website to learn more: sites.google.com/view/arsenault… 🐟🍃💧 (Please share!)

In town tomorrow for #EntSoc22 and looking for a great way to spend an afternoon in Vancouver? We’re excited to host a Stanley Park bioblitz , alongside Stanley Park Ecology and BiolSurveyCanada! Details at buff.ly/3hehMku. Please reach out if you are willing to volunteer as well!

finally got around to making a Pumpkin Toadlet (Brachycephalus) jump compilation… enjoy 😂

If you didn’t realize earwigs have wings, or you haven’t seen them unfold and flap in super slow motion: please enjoy this next 38sec of your life

Humans have pumped so much groundwater that we have measurably shifted Earth's axis. news.agu.org/press-release/…

Hey #Sciencetwitter: I'm recruiting 1-2 PhD students to join the Wildlife & Water lab at Odum School of Ecology w/ some funding available for work on Nature-based Solutions, (freshwater) biodiversity & bird conservation, ecohydrology, & wetland ecology. Please share w/ friends/colleagues!