Théotime Colin

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@shannonwkaiser Great picture !

Whirring tree frog (Litoria revelata) getting bitten by some parasitic flies.

@AskDrODR Thanks !

@FleurPonton No worries I posted too late, and it was yesterday :)

@AskDrODR @bee_papers @MQBiology @SydneySOLES Thanks @AskDrODR ! We use the morning weight loss on our high precision scales as a measure of bee activity journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… It doesn't give us a number of foragers, but still a measure we can use to compare treatment groups.

@pipilika_aj I never cooked okra, do you have a good recipe?

@ofoxofox Thanks Eduardo, great article.

@ColinTheotime We wrote about that on a paper some years ago. Sticky knobs for hanging. livescience.com/59062-trap-jaw…

@BinhNguyen_Mq @laowa_lens @Nikon_Australia Yes, they do hunt insects and also collect honeydew from aphids and scale insects :)

@ColinTheotime @laowa_lens @Nikon_Australia Yeah, and also they are hunters right? so maybe they are always in the ready-to-fight mode 😄

@BinhNguyen_Mq @laowa_lens @Nikon_Australia Not sure in that case Binh, maybe two colonies that were too close to each other. They tend to defend a small territory I think.

@ColinTheotime @laowa_lens @Nikon_Australia What makes them so aggressive Theo?

@FleurPonton @MQBiology @pipilika_aj @MQSciEng clearly we need smaller bee suits haha

@dieterhochuli @SydneySOLES Cool, where did they catch so many?

First year @SydneySOLES students found lots of terrific things while sorting inverts, but the gelastocorids were a major highlight for me. Too many toad bugs are never enough.

@DoctorAnanas @SimonClulow Clairement coupable !

@SimonClulow Yes it's great, I often read it in the evening, there are so many amazing frogs in Australia !

@ColinTheotime Spot on! Glad to see the book was helpful.

@pipilika_aj @dineshraov Really cool ! it's so practical to sleep with your six legs free !

@Myrmecos I am always surprised at how well apart these maintain their larvae, while most ants just stack them. Would they eat each other otherwise?

@Myrmecos I think I can see a head on top with bead-shaped antennal segments and a well separated thorax. Could it be the pupa of a Diapriidae wasp? some of them parasitize Solenopsis in Europe, but I am not sure about Pheidole. The antennal segments just look slightly too big and round?

@DoctorAnanas Haha, c'est plutôt "je te choppe avec les pattes et te balance par dessus-bord" généralement.

@NicholasWuNZ @MarkScherz Nice frog, where do you go frogging?

Why is this frog called Nosy Be Bright-eyed frog @MarkScherz? I like to imagine it listens to people's conversations.

@thezedbee Let me know if you ever settle in Sydney !