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  William Morton Wheeler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
William Morton Wheeler (March 19, 1865 - April 19 1937) was an American entomologist, myrmecologist and Harvard Professor.
Wheeler was trained as an insect embryologist, having studied under Baur, and Whitman, but became the leading authority on behaviour of social insects, with particular distinction being achieved in the field of ants.
A close contact of the British myrmecologist and coleopterist Horace Donisthorpe, it was to Wheeler that Donisthorpe dedicated his first major book on ants in 1915.
www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/William_Morton_Wheeler   (224 words)

  
 william morton wheeler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
William Morton Wheeler (March 19, 1865 - 1937) was an American entomologist, myrmecologist and Harvard Professor.
Wheeler was trained as an insect embryologist, having studied under Baur, Dohrn and Whitman, but became the leading authority on behaviour of social insects, with particular distinction being achieved in the field of ants.
A close contact of the British myrmecologist and coleopterist Horace Donisthorpe, it was to Wheeler that Donisthorpe dedicated his in 1915.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /william_morton_wheeler.html   (207 words)

  
 How to point ants
The goal is to put a paper point on the right side of the ant (when it is dorsal side up), between the aforementioned second and third coxae.
In this picture, the head is facing toward the myrmecologist, since he is right-handed and will be able place the point on his right-handed side.
Note that the ant is fairly flexible because it has been stored in 95% ethyl alcohol (specimens stored in 100% alcohol are easy to position but brittle, while specimens stored in 80% alcohol are very flexible but difficult to position).
www.acad.carleton.edu /curricular/BIOL/resources/ant/PINNING.html   (636 words)

  
 The Secret Life of Ants - news education science magazines technology science news environment magazine subscriptions ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A myrmecologist captures the delicate subterranean mansions of the insect world’s master architects
Myrmecologist Walter Tschinkel of the University of Florida holds up a partial zinc cast of a seven-foot-deep Florida harvester-ant nest.
The flat chambers are living quarters as well as storerooms for seeds, which the foraging harvesters collect, shuck, and deliver to the workers underground for stocking and sorting.
www.discover.com /issues/nov-03/features/the-secret-life-of-ants   (949 words)

  
 Observation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
One of the main activities of a myrmecologist is to observe ants in the open countryside.
It is advisable to read the literature of local myrmecologists in order to find information about which areas are most appropriate for ant observations.
Regarding the red ant, please consider that the nest is not restricted to the visible part of the nest dome.
members.aol.com /dinarda/ant/observ.htm   (410 words)

  
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 Notes from Underground-members
The time-honored field method for the myrmecologist is to wander about, locating ant nests, digging into them and collecting samples.
The berlese funnel technique is of very limited effectiveness in desert habitats because there is so little litter suitable to this method.
In some instances they are not as effective, for some small ants either do not enter them or are able to walk out without falling into the ethylene glycol.
www.desertants.org /indexpages/methods.html   (1455 words)

  
 The Ant FAQ
Suddenly, Irene screamed, and the ant was upon me! It threw me violently to the ground, its mighty mandibles tearing great swathes of flesh from my lower thighs and its back legs gouging chunks from the attractive living room carpet (L12.95 per metre from Carpet Eugenics of Kew).
Frantically I slashed at the inside of the ant's cavernous stomach, my arms soaked with gore as giant chunks of ant-flesh fell about me. After what seemed like hours, but probably was, I was rewarded with a faint glimmer of light through the ant's translucent exoskeleton.
The fact that ants are more numerous than humans may provide a key pointer to British politics since myrmecoid life forms were first enfranchised (by a Labour government) in 1978.
alpha.zimage.com /~ant/antfarm/read/DaveRogersAntsFAQ.html   (2497 words)

  
 A Checklist of the Ants of Michigan
Gaige, curator of insects at the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, was the first myrmecologist to live and work in Michigan.
Washtenaw County has many species (67) because four myrmecologists (F. Gaige, P. Kannowski, and G. and J. Wheeler) collected there while they were associated with the University of Michigan.
Cheboygan County at the northern end of the Lower Peninsula has the third highest number of species (57) due to the collections of P. Kannowski, M. Talbot, and G. and J. Wheeler in the vicinity of the University of Michigan Biological Station.
insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu /fauna/MICHANTS.html   (3651 words)

  
 SNET Internet : Features : Surfing the Net with Kids : Ants
In contrast the leaf-cutting ants of Central and South America have a much more complicated social structure in their nests." Gordon's ant page is but a small part of the much larger Gordon's Entomological Home Page — an obvious labor of love for its creator, British entomologist Gordon Ramel.
Did you know a myrmecologist is a scientist that studies ants?
If you are ready to raise your own ant colony, you'll be interested in the recipe for nourishing ant food (egg yolk, yeast, sugar and honey) and instructions on building an artificial ant nest.
www.snet.net /features/surfing_kids/articles/1998/11130101.shtml   (537 words)

  
 Vineyard Gazette - Nature
My guests are not invited, but they sure seem to be making themselves at home.
I have not been able to identify these invaders, as I am no myrmecologist (ant scientist).
If you are a reader of this column, the term myrmecologist might sound familiar.
www.mvgazette.com /features/nature?document=20050819_ants_marching   (611 words)

  
 David Lubertazzi
This plant tends to grow either as a single isolated individual or as an isolated patch of plants and they range from small bush size up to a medium sized tree.
I'm a myrmecologist though, not a botanist, and I studied the ants living in hollow thorns of Acacia karroo at a riverside site within the reserve.
I wanted to determine which ant species are using these thorns as a nesting resource and to describe this ant community.
www.canr.uconn.edu /paine/afrecol/davidlub.html   (297 words)

  
 PBS: Think Tank: Transcript for "Edward O. Wilson and The Future of Life"
Additional funding is provided by the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the John M. Olin Foundation, the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation, and the Smith Richardson Foundation.
Edward O. Wilson began his career as a scientist, a myrmecologist, to be precise.
He left his native Alabama for Harvard, where he became a tenured professor at age 26.
www.pbs.org /thinktank/transcript1021.html   (2865 words)

  
 Beginning myrmecologist seeks hints on taxonomic literatures - www.ezboard.com
Beginning myrmecologist seeks hints on taxonomic literatures - www.ezboard.com
A good start will be the books of B. Bolton and the bibliography by Ward et al.
I don't have the exact reference available, but since you have a university library with BioAbstracts, etc. available, you may want to track down an "Identification guide to Ants" (or similar title) by W. Mackay and B. Vinson.
p211.ezboard.com /fantfarmfrm4.showMessage?topicID=542.topic   (408 words)

  
 Buy Ants (Naturalists' Handbook) - Shopping Ideas For Today's Busy Internet Shoppers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A concise key for the amateur and professional myrmecologist
An execellent identifaction key for the amateur and professional myrmecologist alike with simple but definitive keys, with even a shortened 'Bluffers Guide' key for the field researcher for quick, but general, identifiacation.
The introduction to ant ecology provides a sound base from which any amateur may easily gain further insight and have a greater appreciation for the world of our native ant fauna.
akoss.co.uk /buy/asinsearch_0855463058.html   (161 words)

  
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He also, less successfully, maintains this device when discussing ant god Edward Wilson, who is legendary among myrmecologists everywhere.
Readers are invited to identify with the leafcutter scout who eventually sacrifices her life in service of her queen, or the two enormous bullet ants who slowly wind up their tales after their colony is destroyed.
Erich Hoyt's work sets forth tons of interesting ant information (and some information about the myrmecologists who study ants) in a readable, useful format.
www.insecthobbyist.com /books/bookdetail.php?ASIN=0684830450   (1422 words)

  
 California Wild Spring 2004 - Here At The Academy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Letters often arrive at the California Academy of Sciences addressed to the Department of Antomology.
The chief AntMan, Brian Fisher, for whom these missives are usually intended, is actually an entomologist, or more specifically, a myrmecologist.
Recently, he combined his expertise with that of the Exhibits Department to create, in the Academy’s new Howard Street facility, windows into the world of ants.
www.calacademy.org /calwild/2004spring/stories/hereat.html   (776 words)

  
 article 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
And so, in Round 22, Sealfon became the champ as she joyfully shouted out the spelling of e-u-o-n-y-m.
Previous contestants had already been eliminated by such words as “hebetude” (dullness), “plangorous,” (wailing), ginglymus (a hinge joint admitting of motion in one plane only), “myrmecologist” (a specialist in the scientific study of ants) and “phonasthenia” (hoarseness of voice).
The competition, which began in 1925, has become more difficult each year to keep pace with the increasingly complex English language and increasingly educated contestants.
www.grrl.com /beccaart2.html   (343 words)

  
 task.html   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
You are going to become scientists that study insects.
The study of ants is called myrmecology and the scientist that studies ants is called a myrmecologist.
You are assigned to write a book about a new insect.
www.milforded.org /schools/calfpen/ants/task.html   (93 words)

  
 IUSSI British Section: News
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I was saddened to learn of the recent death of Rainer Rosengren, a long-term member of the British Section, and a seminal myrmecologist.
I only met him a few times, but those meetings made a strong impression, as did the tales of his exploits by his colleagues.
www.zi.ku.dk /iussi/News.html   (138 words)

  
 Harvard University Press/Identification Guide to the Ant Genera of the World
Barry Bolton provides identification keys to all the living ant subfamilies and genera, presented in alphabetical order and separated by zoogeographical region.
Designed for professional and amateur myrmecologists alike, this guide is as accessible as it is comprehensive, including information on the function and use of identification keys, instructions for preparing specimens for examination, and an illustrated glossary of morphological terms.
Over 500 scanning electron microscope photographs illustrate the taxonomic keys.
www.hup.harvard.edu /catalog/BOLIDE.html   (297 words)

  
 Ship of Fools bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Automatic Terminal Information Service, or ATIS, is a continuous broadcast of recorded noncontrol information in busier terminal (i.e.
Auguste-Henri Forel (September 1st, 1848 - July 27th, 1931) was a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist, notable for his investigations into the brain structure of humans and ants.
Auguste Honoré Charlois (November 26 1864 - March 26, 1910) was a French astronomer.
www.elexi.de /en/s/sh/ship_of_fools.html   (365 words)

  
 Myrmecology Bookstore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
As a Amazon.com Associate Myrmecology browses the program from Amazon.com for books that are interesting for Myrmecologist's and Entomologist's.
If you are interested in buying a book from us, please click the "Order"-Link and a second window with the appropriate content from Amazon.com comes up.
Payment and delivery will be handled by Amazon.com.
myrmecology.info /store/category.html   (92 words)

  
 The Ants of Africa
Most of these locations are shown in Map 2.
Several ant species were described by H.St.J. Donisthorpe, then the British Museum myrmecologist, who seems to have been responsible for many of the older labels on ants in the CRIG and CRIN collections (Donisthorpe, 1942, 1945a and 1945d).
He also wrote a note on ants associated with coccids (Donisthorpe, 1945b).
antbase.org /ants/africa/history2.htm   (2087 words)

  
 Hunting for Ants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Today we are starting a Science unit on ants, and we are going to use the Web to discover tons of information about them.
By the end of this assignment you'll be a virtual myrmecologist!
Below is a list of questions about ants.
www.kn.pacbell.com /wired/fil/pages/huntantsmr.html   (191 words)

  
 Who Should Use the Online Catalog of North American Ants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This site is intended for use by ecologists interested in studying and identifying ants from Canada, USA, and northern Mexico.
You do not have to be a myrmecologist (an ant specialist) to effectively use this site.
Nor do you have to be an entomologist.
www.cs.unc.edu /~hedlund/dev/ants/catalog/hp/html/who.html   (184 words)

  
 LESSON 4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Students will correctly label the parts of an ant.
Students will act as myrmecologist - scientist who study ants.
Students will make a class ant farm for the science center.
www.thesolutionsite.com /lesson/9602/lesson4.html   (487 words)

  
 Ant FAQ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hopefully this will be useful to other people with similar questions.
I must emphasize that I am not a professional myrmecologist, or even a biologist, but just an amateur who has played with ants some.
Hi, I am trying to start an ant colony.
www.hgsc.bcm.tmc.edu /~kdurbin/ant.faq.html   (2157 words)

  
 Guavalog: off to the side in a pink suit: Cryogenic creepers. A weird thing
Like someone said "it looks like coffee grounds."
I wish a myrmecologist would explain this to me, so...
Posted by: Chris Casady at February 18, 2004 03:58 AM You're welcome!
guava.blogs.com /guavalog/2002/12/cryogenic_creep.html   (245 words)

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