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Post by Miles on Nov 24, 2015 20:43:40 GMT
Hey guys. Just thought I would share an article that came from an interview I gave to Idaho Education News that deals a lot with my passion for ants. If you're interested, you can check it out here! Thanks! |
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Post by Wood~Ant on Nov 25, 2015 8:43:35 GMT
This thread has been moved to here as it is a newspaper article about ant collecting, and the joy of keeping ants.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2015 18:34:37 GMT
Nice article, Miles. Well done!  |
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Post by Miles on Nov 25, 2015 19:00:01 GMT
Great, thanks for moving it to the proper location, Wood. |
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Post by Miles on Nov 25, 2015 19:01:10 GMT
Thank you Myrm!
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Post by Wood~Ant on Nov 26, 2015 8:53:21 GMT
Great, thanks for moving it to the proper location, Wood. No problem, as it was nice to read how you got into ants from your local newspaper. I actually had a similar experience when a friend and myself were out walking along the towpath of a canal near my hometown, as we sat under the shade of a bridge one hot summer's day. I was only 11 at the time, but my friend was still in short trousers as he was about 8 at the time. Neither of us realized we had sat on top of an ant nest until we had dozens of angry red ants stinging us, and Noel (my friend) came worse off as he had them all over his legs while they only got onto my hands. I didn't know at that time that the red ants were Myrmica ruginodis, but their stings were painful. It put Noel off ants for life, but not long after this I started keeping ants and have never stopped admiring their fascinating behaviour which for me also has now become a passion.  |
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Post by Miles on Nov 26, 2015 17:44:55 GMT
Thanks! This was actually a state-wide online news agency dedicated to education. It's been fun seeing how it has spread around, with STEM Idaho saying "Is he going to be the next Bill Nye the Science Guy or the next Mr. Rodgers? The future looks very bright for this Moscow High senior," which was very nice of them. Quite a humbling experience for me. Neat that you had a similar experience as well. Myrmica would certainly hurt more than the Tetramorium that I encountered. |
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Post by Wood~Ant on Nov 27, 2015 0:37:44 GMT
All I knew back then was that there were black ants and red ants. Now I know better and I'm still learning all the time, even at my age!
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