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Not to be an insect know-it-all, but all ants (Family:Formicidae) are evolutionarily descended from the ancient, wasp-like Infraorder Aculeata, which includes all eusocial Hymenopterans (bees, wasps, ants). Technically, all Aculeates have modified ovipositors for stinging(ants, bees, stinging wasps), and is thought to be the original impetus for eusocial behavior. But since it is such an ancient evolutionary adaptation (about 100 million years), it has since been modified for other behaviors (specialized egg laying) or lost altogether (most ants), but still exists in some of the more ancient lineages of Formicidae (bulldog ants).Re: discussion on wasps & hornets:
Bulldog ants = an ant that is an evolutionary offshot of a wasp that grabs your skin with their mandibles and stings you with the tail. They live in the under growth so if you're clearing fallen branches and logs, they might be there and not as easy to see as a hornet or wasp. I've been got a few times, never saw the fucker until you get that double hit of bite then sting.
Advice: Wear gloves.
that's a shot of it next to a ruler for size, they grow to over an inch long. Yeah!!
Bulldog ants, genusMyrmeciaare only found in Australia, save for one species in New Caledonia and are in the ant family, Formicidae, not one of the various wasp families which would indicate an evolutionary offshoot of a wasp.
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There's no such thing as an ant that's an "evolutionary offshoot" of what you would consider a modern wasp.
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Nerd post in a spider thread with no mention of spiders, 0/10Not to be an insect know-it-all, but all ants (Family:Formicidae) are evolutionarily descended from the ancient, wasp-like Infraorder Aculeata, which includes all eusocial Hymenopterans (bees, wasps, ants). Technically, all Aculeates have modified ovipositors for stinging(ants, bees, stinging wasps), and is thought to be the original impetus for eusocial behavior. But since it is such an ancient evolutionary adaptation (about 100 million years), it has since been modified for other behaviors (specialized egg laying) or lost altogether (most ants), but still exists in some of the more ancient lineages of Formicidae (bulldog ants).
Bulldog ants, genusMyrmeciaare only found in Australia, save for one species in New Caledonia and are in the ant family, Formicidae, not one of the various wasp families which would indicate an evolutionary offshoot of a wasp.
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Nah I thought it was all cool. I learnt some things.
What I had in my earlier post, I probably heard as a teenager, and got some of it backwards.
When you've had a sting from one of those things ( bulldog ant ) you'll know it's comparable to a wasp. So it's a quick link to make.
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This thing will kill you.
What I had in my earlier post, I probably heard as a teenager, and got some of it backwards.
When you've had a sting from one of those things ( bulldog ant ) you'll know it's comparable to a wasp. So it's a quick link to make.
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This thing will kill you.
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Dat some Funnel Web Spider? AKA my worst nightmare.Nah I thought it was all cool. I learnt some things.
What I had in my earlier post, I probably heard as a teenager, and got some of it backwards.
When you've had a sting from one of those things ( bulldog ant ) you'll know it's comparable to a wasp. So it's a quick link to make.
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This thing will kill you.
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I think that's the Brazilian Wandering Spider, deadliest spider in the world iirc
Is that deadliest as in most kills or did you mean most venomous? The latter title belongs to the daddy long legs.
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What I posted above was the funnel web spider.
Some years back, I was living in Sydney. The place was quite an old weather board house and the garden wasn't kept in check.
My flatmate does one of those sleepy trips to take a whizz at 3am or some time like that. As he stood there taking a whizz, in his middle of the night drowsiness, he notices something crawling on the ground next to his bare foot.
It was a funnel web.
He was able to find something to kill it with. We kept the body for months in a little plastic container so we could show it to people.
Odd thing now thinking back over it , I can't remember us doing any extra measures to find and kill any others. To make sure the house is clear, sort of thing.
Some years back, I was living in Sydney. The place was quite an old weather board house and the garden wasn't kept in check.
My flatmate does one of those sleepy trips to take a whizz at 3am or some time like that. As he stood there taking a whizz, in his middle of the night drowsiness, he notices something crawling on the ground next to his bare foot.
It was a funnel web.
He was able to find something to kill it with. We kept the body for months in a little plastic container so we could show it to people.
Odd thing now thinking back over it , I can't remember us doing any extra measures to find and kill any others. To make sure the house is clear, sort of thing.
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UCR Spiders Site: Daddy Long Legs Myth
In summary
For true daddy-long-legs, the opilionids, the myth is certainly false, and for the daddy-long-legs spiders it is certainly not based on known facts.
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And small ass Jellyfish that can paralyze the fuck out of you.
Funnel web spiders are cunts. They're the honey badgers of the spider world. They don't give a fuck and will attack on sight.
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I cut my grass Sunday(slightly overgrown) less than half way done I see an insane looking spider just chilling on my fucking leg. Can't figure out what it was but red face blue body and legs like it fucking lifts too much, no idea if it had fangs or mandibles as it was flat against the jeans. I know this because I froze like a bitch, after what felt like fucking forever it literally turned and jumped off into the grass, like it was saying yea motherfucker this is my lawn. Thank god for baggy grass cutting jeans, fuck Texas.