Damus
myrmepropagandist · 3w
No one really pays much attention to Camponotus nearcticus. Everyone just says "it's a smaller Camponotus pennsylvanicus" or worse "I thought that was a black garden ant" You know what the world need...
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Journalist, asking a random passerby: "How many species does the subgenus Myrmentoma contain in your opinion?"

Passerby: "That is a fine question, young lady. In my time, we firmly capped the number at 15, while modern science, to my dismay, counts over 50."
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myrmepropagandist · 3w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq04dzx4e5tem7ljs6p9r3jelvj3nkzvvm5x0rzvuwga5mn346gkwqgv4xv8 OK I know you are about to post that xkcd meme but this is a real thing with Camponotus nearcticus so many sources just kind of say "it's just a smaller version of this other ant" but ...