Aww thanks <3 Your post was so motivating that I just uploaded the new cartoon! ;)
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Seasonally appropriate, too!
(Though for some reason I interpreted the flower on the right as an umbellifer rather than ivy and I was very confused because the bee is clearly a Colletes and our only Colletes that visit umbellifers are either polylectic or specialized on Eryngium.)
Good job jellies! I heard the Man-o-wars help out too sometimes!
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if it’s any consolation, ivies are relatively closely related to umbellifers (Araliaceae is the closest relative of Apiaceae)
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And the fungal connections between them!
Okay, not funny, but a sobering perspective from the legendary R Crumb and the Village Voice, circa 1976, featuring Mr. Natural.
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Won’t that create a problem with the ants becoming habituated to associate humans with food?
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I don’t think it would any more than the ants scavenging off of our usual, unintentional food debris anyway.
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How much can an ant recognise a human as distinct from any other mountainous creature? (Serious question, even if I’m potentially opening a can of worms… or ants? (Why would worms ever be canned anyway?))
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Fisherman has bait ready in a (used) can ?
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I guess that might make sense - I’ve never been fishing so it hadn’t occurred to me. I’d certainly prefer to feed worms to fish than eat them myself… :-)
I don’t eat the fish either ;~)
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And their excuse is that they want to have a nice open green space to lie down on and read a book, or have a picnic.
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Must have been a long weekend off for that whole department.
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