https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl en-us 2017-08-03 19:52:12 UTC 2024-06-04 16:50:42 UTC hello@padlet.com pderouin https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180092619 Acrobat ants are very small and common in North Carolina. ]]> 2017-08-04 02:01:26 UTC https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180092619 pderouin https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180094499 Acrobat ants work together for the good of the colony. In this video, they're moving eggs to a safer location. ]]> 2017-08-04 02:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180094499 pderouin https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180095032 A match made in heaven]]> 2017-08-04 02:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180095032 pderouin https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180133144 Acrobat ants get their common name from being flexible (they can lift their abdomen pretty high) and awesome climbers.  I'm not an awesome climber but I do practice yoga and am flexible to new ideas.]]> 2017-08-04 15:06:30 UTC https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180133144 pderouin https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180133671 According to antwiki.org, There are over 470 species of crematogaster world-wide!]]> 2017-08-04 15:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180133671 pderouin https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180134446 "Acrobat ants are a gift, a joy, and you can find them almost anywhere you’d imagine in the United States, from swamps and forests to your kitchen cabinet" ]]> 2017-08-04 15:22:30 UTC https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180134446 pderouin https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180134477 Acrobat ants are generally half the size of an apple seed!]]> 2017-08-04 15:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180134477 pderouin https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180135128 Being flexible with some redwoods this summer in California - just like an acrobat ant!]]> 2017-08-04 15:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180135128 pderouin https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180135249 Acrobat ants and I both love trees a lot. ]]> 2017-08-04 15:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180135249 pderouin https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180135439 "Acrobat ants often harvest clytrine leaf beetle eggs from leaves and, without eating them, bring them into their nests, where the eggs hatch in a predator-free environment. Another ant-loving beetle Fustiger knausii spends most of its life hanging out in acrobat ant nests, relaxing with the brood and riding around on workers’ backs" 

Basically, acrobat ants care about other species and work with them often, even protecting them! ]]> 2017-08-04 15:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180135439 pderouin https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180136044 Acrobat ant distribution in the US, based on School of Ants data]]> 2017-08-04 15:46:14 UTC https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180136044 pderouin https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180136329 I love and protect other species too - mostly in the form of my cat, Soybean]]> 2017-08-04 15:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180136329 pderouin https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180731345 2017-08-11 13:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/pderouin/4lryf76kupcl/wish/180731345