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Ant Fiction for Kids!

Started By OhNoNotAgain , Dec 5 2020 1:35 PM

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#1 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted December 5 2020 - 1:35 PM

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Hey all, just wanted to mention this new fun little book for kids.

Has real ant, spider, and isopod facts mixed in - though of course it's FICTION FOR KIDS so you also wind up with ants talking and using human tools and engaging in other anthropomorphic activities. But still, sure is more accurate than *ahem* certain mainstream movies I could name.

 

If you know some kids who are interested in bugs, esp. ants, isopods or spoods, check this out!

 

The Kindle edition has color pics and is much much faster to arrive, but yes, there is also a paperback edition.

 

https://www.amazon.c.../dp/B08NR89TCW/

 

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Thanks to members of invert communities for reading over it beforehand!

 


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Veromessor pergandei, andrei, stoddardi; Novomessor cockerelli

Camponotus fragilis, Camponotus sansabeanus (inactive), vicinus, laevigatus/quercicola, CA02

Pogonomyrmex subnitidus, P. californicus (inactive)

Liometopum occidentale (inactive); Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus (inactive); Tetramorium sp. (inactive);  Lasius sp.

 

Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis, and a box of drywood termites that can't be seen

Isopods: (most no longer keeping) A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus, P. pruinosus, T. tomentosa

Spoods: (no longer keeping) Phidippus sp., other

#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted December 5 2020 - 1:46 PM

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I’m going to order a paperback for my kids!
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#3 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted December 5 2020 - 2:13 PM

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I’m going to order a paperback for my kids!

Awesome, thanks! Just as a warning the printing seems to be reaaaaaallllly slow.  :facepalm: Like days and days slow.  :facepalm:

 

Also if you like please review on Amazon!  :D  :D  :D


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Veromessor pergandei, andrei, stoddardi; Novomessor cockerelli

Camponotus fragilis, Camponotus sansabeanus (inactive), vicinus, laevigatus/quercicola, CA02

Pogonomyrmex subnitidus, P. californicus (inactive)

Liometopum occidentale (inactive); Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus (inactive); Tetramorium sp. (inactive);  Lasius sp.

 

Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis, and a box of drywood termites that can't be seen

Isopods: (most no longer keeping) A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus, P. pruinosus, T. tomentosa

Spoods: (no longer keeping) Phidippus sp., other

#4 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted December 5 2020 - 2:17 PM

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It's also available in Australia!!  ;)  Or should be. If it isn't let me know....


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Veromessor pergandei, andrei, stoddardi; Novomessor cockerelli

Camponotus fragilis, Camponotus sansabeanus (inactive), vicinus, laevigatus/quercicola, CA02

Pogonomyrmex subnitidus, P. californicus (inactive)

Liometopum occidentale (inactive); Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus (inactive); Tetramorium sp. (inactive);  Lasius sp.

 

Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis, and a box of drywood termites that can't be seen

Isopods: (most no longer keeping) A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus, P. pruinosus, T. tomentosa

Spoods: (no longer keeping) Phidippus sp., other

#5 Offline ANTdrew - Posted December 5 2020 - 2:34 PM

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I ordered two paperbacks, one for my kids, and one for my nephews.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#6 Offline Devi - Posted December 5 2020 - 2:55 PM

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That's super cool!  Anyone know the author?  Is he an ant enthusiast?   


#7 Offline Spazmops - Posted December 5 2020 - 3:02 PM

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Pretty sure OhNoNotAgain wrote it, but I may be wrong. Either way, it looks great!


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#8 Offline Devi - Posted December 5 2020 - 3:04 PM

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Pretty sure OhNoNotAgain wrote it, but I may be wrong. Either way, it looks great!

Yeah, I couldn't tell if he was talking about himself, or what.  


#9 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted December 5 2020 - 4:00 PM

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yas Ant man is full of false facts they call S. geminata fire ants, and A. gracilipes crazy ants, and alates are not called drones also the tech is not possible


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#10 Offline Devi - Posted December 5 2020 - 4:02 PM

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yas Ant man is full of false facts they call S. geminata fire ants, and A. gracilipes crazy ants, and alates are not called drones also the tech is not possible

Yeah, that movie was hard to watch because there were a lot of facts that weren't true.


#11 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted December 5 2020 - 4:04 PM

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though in the second movie the trap jaw apperance was pretty accurate


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Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#12 Offline DDD101DDD - Posted December 5 2020 - 4:13 PM

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yas Ant man is full of false facts they call S. geminata fire ants, and A. gracilipes crazy ants, and alates are not called drones also the tech is not possible

S.geminata are fire ants though. A. gracilipes are crazy ants if you shorten their name. Only male ants are called "drones" and I don't think that's even a correct term, they're referred to as males in official documents and antwiki. https://www.antwiki....#Winged.2Falate. Anyway I didn't watch ant man so I can't talk about how accurate it is.


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#13 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted December 19 2020 - 11:19 AM

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The sequel book is underway, by the way, and has a lot of bees and wasps in it. But the third book hopefully will go back to ants.

Keep in mind none of the ants portrayed are meant to be portrayed completely scientifically, because that would make one heckofa boring fiction book for kids.

"The worker ant smelled the cuticular hydrocarbon signature of the approaching ant and ceased her threat display...."

"Then (character) was promptly attacked and dismembered by the hostile ant colony. End of story."

"But since terrestrial arthropods don't actually communicate and cooperate in this way, nothing like this ever happened. The end."


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Veromessor pergandei, andrei, stoddardi; Novomessor cockerelli

Camponotus fragilis, Camponotus sansabeanus (inactive), vicinus, laevigatus/quercicola, CA02

Pogonomyrmex subnitidus, P. californicus (inactive)

Liometopum occidentale (inactive); Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus (inactive); Tetramorium sp. (inactive);  Lasius sp.

 

Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis, and a box of drywood termites that can't be seen

Isopods: (most no longer keeping) A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus, P. pruinosus, T. tomentosa

Spoods: (no longer keeping) Phidippus sp., other

#14 Offline ANTdrew - Posted December 19 2020 - 11:55 AM

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Looking forward to getting my copies soon.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#15 Offline ANTdrew - Posted December 21 2020 - 11:34 AM

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I got my copies yesterday! I look forward to reading them.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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I got my copies yesterday! I look forward to reading them.

maybe give them to your kids for christmas!


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#17 Offline ANTdrew - Posted December 9 2023 - 3:33 AM

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My son is finally old enough to read this book himself, and he loves it! He breaks out laughing while reading and says it’s “very cool.” I’ll write up an Amazon review soon.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#18 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted December 9 2023 - 1:53 PM

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My son is finally old enough to read this book himself, and he loves it! He breaks out laughing while reading and says it’s “very cool.” I’ll write up an Amazon review soon.

Woohoo! There are two more books, too. The second is mostly about bees/wasps, the third one is a fictionalized tour of an ant nest. :D

(The fourth is mostly about ants + plants but haven't finished it.)


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Past & Present

Veromessor pergandei, andrei, stoddardi; Novomessor cockerelli

Camponotus fragilis, Camponotus sansabeanus (inactive), vicinus, laevigatus/quercicola, CA02

Pogonomyrmex subnitidus, P. californicus (inactive)

Liometopum occidentale (inactive); Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus (inactive); Tetramorium sp. (inactive);  Lasius sp.

 

Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis, and a box of drywood termites that can't be seen

Isopods: (most no longer keeping) A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus, P. pruinosus, T. tomentosa

Spoods: (no longer keeping) Phidippus sp., other

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