World Ant Day: A Global Celebration

We wish all of our readers a simply thrilling 1st World Ant Day!

Myrmecologist Dr. Mike Kaspari, in a flash of inspiration, realized that World Ant Day did not yet exist. Thus, on April 21st, he announced a date for a new holiday:

https://twitter.com/MikeKaspari/status/987845284418981888

On July 23rd, Dr. Kaspari proposed a special way to celebrate World Ant Day, for those on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/MikeKaspari/status/1021483018266071040

https://twitter.com/MikeKaspari/status/1021483025379549184

https://twitter.com/MikeKaspari/status/1021483028474945538

https://twitter.com/MikeKaspari/status/1021483030526013443

Naturally, on this special day, Ant Twitter came out in full force. We present for you now a chronological sampling of the celebration! Enjoy our Top 25 World Ant Day Tweets.

The Daily Ant World Ant Day Preferred Tweets

https://twitter.com/nzhymenoptera/status/1026005637870678016

Happy World Ant Day! Yes, it's a thing! 🐜❤ pic.twitter.com/nb8WtFhoiA

— AntsCanada (@AntsCanada) August 5, 2018

https://twitter.com/rkellerp/status/1026067683819835392

https://twitter.com/Scott_Powell_/status/1026071808909496320

https://twitter.com/Ant0mologie/status/1026075137928560640

For #worldantday a pretty ant in happy colours!
This is Terataner nymeria from #Madagascar @Sketchfab @EconomoLab #scanallants @dragonant @CongLiu0514 @PueraFormicarum https://t.co/AtK4PhyYAf

— Paco Hita-Garcia (@PacoHitaGarcia) August 5, 2018

And HAPPY world ant day! Gosh, ants are what got me into Entomology. For fun, here is a pic of some Megaponera analis I took 2 yrs ago. #WorldAntDay pic.twitter.com/3mXqKeWotD

— Dr. Joanie King (@Ms_Mars) August 5, 2018

https://twitter.com/RafaelaRolak/status/1026089035494838272

https://twitter.com/MikeKaspari/status/1026106546734940160

https://twitter.com/Souly_Mouly/status/1026122306836410370

https://twitter.com/adriaexists/status/1026128314392555521

https://twitter.com/WIRCInsects/status/1026139251321262085

Happy World Ant Day! Here are two ant workers preserved in Cretaceous amber back when ants were just getting their start – a mere 100 million years later and we're up to over 13,000 species and terrestrial ubiquity, not bad! #WorldAntDay pic.twitter.com/ovzSdp5sla

— Phil Barden (@Haidomyrmex) August 5, 2018

BUT, communication is more complex than just 'follow the leader'. Harpegnathos saltator ants have a pretty sophisticated hydrocarbon language that they use to convey subtle messages. https://t.co/IlFaXSbBTK #WorldAntDay pic.twitter.com/jCRrkCmo3m

— Pineapples & Whales (@PaW_sci) August 5, 2018

https://twitter.com/RuziMyrmex/status/1026156883474886656

https://twitter.com/Jimmylovel25/status/1026161970892955648

Happy #WorldAntDay !! I started to study ants while I was a young undergrad at 2009. But I have been always fond of them! This is a drawing I made when I was a kid. pic.twitter.com/9MgACcu1Hh

— Priscila Hanisch 🐜🇦🇷🇩🇪💚 (@conurban_ant) August 5, 2018

Fascinating and incredible insects!! today is the #WorldAntDay
to celebrate here some leaf-cutting ants from Colombia and …. pic.twitter.com/KMo3h25l5y

— Andrés Sánchez (@andres_schz) August 5, 2018

https://twitter.com/Jane_M_Lucas/status/1026238162706808832

On #WorldAntDay, we launch https://t.co/Opql9s4X1o! Check it out!

— The Ant Network 🐜 (@AntNetworkSM) August 5, 2018

Celebrating #WorldAntDay with Nesoxypilus, a myrmecophilic praying mantis! pic.twitter.com/LwYZs4i2N4

— Sydney Brannoch, Ph.D. (@skbrannoch) August 5, 2018

Leafcutter ants and a mango for #WorldAntDay pic.twitter.com/2gCBqEKgKh

— Dr. Corrie Moreau (@CorrieMoreau) August 5, 2018

Happy #WorldAntDay ! Here's one of my favorite #ants in #Borneo – Polyrhachis furcata with crazy cool hook-shaped spines. I spent a lot of time admiring (and photographing) this beauty! 🐜🐜🐜 pic.twitter.com/3ahy9JjYlE

— Dr Magdalena Sorger (@MagSorger) August 5, 2018

It is #WorldAntDay and very important to remember that there are some mosquitoes that actually feed on the vomit of ants! That's right, even mosquitoes rely on ants! https://t.co/3B7U9ExjgQ

— Dr Cameron Webb (@Mozziebites) August 6, 2018

We ♥️ 🐜! #WorldAntDay 🇵🇷 #FieldBioArt https://t.co/fCVwyIN5pw

— ArtBioCollaborative (@ArtBioCollab) August 6, 2018

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