Ants!

[americanbeetles]

If it's Tuesday, this must be Ant Day!
Firstly, we continue the seemingly interminable portrait series with the dashing and myrmecophilous Roberto Keller, former Cornell labmate and purveyor of the very finest in ant morphology blogging (see previous link). Roberto, let me know if you want something more cartoony; I don't suppose this will scale

Comments

[anonymous]

OMG, this is so great!! I love it! I recognize a Pachycondyla apicalis on the back.

But you shouldn't have offered alternate version, because of course I am going to say: yes, more catoony will look sweet on my blog!

Thank you Ainsley.

Roberto

[americanbeetles]

Coming up! As with this one, I will likely compose the picture such as to, ahem, completely obscure most of the mouthparts and other diagnostic characters.

[callanhead]

go ant go go go!

[americanbeetles]

I imagine he is saying either "wheeeeee"
or
"aaaaaaaaaaauugh"

[daleof]

Awesome! I cant wait for mine!

[americanbeetles]

Soooon!

[uke]

This is probably my favorite so far; I love it!

[americanbeetles]

Thanks! :)

Tuesday is ant day?

[anonymous]

I thought every day was ant day. Humph. What am I supposed to do tomorrow?

Thanks for the shout-out, though. I always find it amusing when people with far more artistic talent than myself try to explain how much talent I have. Have you seen any of my ant drawings? There's a reason I use a camera!

-Alex W.

Re: Tuesday is ant day?

[americanbeetles]

Hey, you have your Friday Beetles, I can have my (occasional) Tuesday Ants.
We just got the Microptics Passport rig, so I'm all hopped up on photography this week. :)