Ant Circulatory System
Could someone give me a basic scheme of the ant circulatory system and the nature of her blood?[revised the title] --antdude
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The ant circulatory system (and that of all insects) is very simple. It consists of a single dorsal vessel ("aorta") with a broader pumping portion at the posterior end. This portion has valves into...
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Wow!!!Thanks very very much. One more question if you don't mind....If the hemolymph doesn't carry necessary gases, how do insects utilize oxygen and how is it distributed? Lastly do you know where I...
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spgreene: Welcome to the message board. As for an ant model, how about a fire ant one that you can build at home? fireant.tamu.edu/material...tModel.htm /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Ant (AntDude -- Your Host)...
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Thanks for the suggestion...problem is my hobby type skills are not great. What I would love to find is an ant model like the "visible Man" or "visible brain" type models. Something you can see...
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spgreene: I'm not sure. Someone else might be able to answer this.By the way, you're not logged in on ezboard. /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Ant (AntDude -- Your Host) from The Ant Farm's Message Board.| |o o| |...
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Such models are available through firms such as the Young Naturalists, Inc., the Nature Company, etc. I own one but it keeps falling apart when one tries to stand it up, and it's not very complete,...
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Heres a yahoo article about an article in "Science" about breathing and tracheae. Has a fairly neat video link too!story.news.yahoo.com/news..._breathing
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Went to News Story at yahoo, video wasn't working and only a little bit of info given.I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious. --Albert Einstein
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Cool video even though it was only 45 seconds long.Anttps52: The video worked for me. /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Ant (AntDude -- Your Host) from The Ant Farm's Message Board.| |o o| | \ _ / The Ant Farm:...
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I keep getting a page error, don't know why. here's a little more info from The Field Museum.www.fmnh.org/Scroll to bottom.I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious. --Albert Einstein
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Darn, I would love to see ant pictures or videos. /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Ant (AntDude -- Your Host) from The Ant Farm's Message Board.| |o o| | \ _ / The Ant Farm: http://antfarm.ma.cx ( )
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I have e-mailed a,Mr.Wah-Keat Lee, from the Argonne National Laboratory, here in Chicago, asking for information on this new x-ray and invited him to the message board as a participant.I have also...
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Thanks for the spiracles & Mothra info...very excellent. One MORE QUESTION: I understand some beetles have multiple hearts but an ant only has one???? Right?? Thanks again for all your...
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Both of my general entomology textbooks refer to insects having one heart with a variable number of chambers. I do not see any reference to more that one heart. Maybe others will have more to add here.
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Received the following from Mr Wah-Keat Lee:Dear Tony:Please look at the current issue of Science magazine, or sciencemag.org. There are pictures and videos of our work. I work at a national...
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