*glacial formic. Damn autocorrect.
May 24, 2024 at 4:03 AM
*glacial formic. Damn autocorrect.
He traginat un tronc que tenia un niu de formigues vermelles i ara apesto a àcid fórmic
September 28, 2026 at 7:54 AM
He traginat un tronc que tenia un niu de formigues vermelles i ara apesto a àcid fórmic
Bugger...Varroa mites have finally found my home hives. Clear last month, 24 mites in the test chamber today.
Immediately put in Formic acid strips - they use a component of #bee venom that the bees can tolerate, but is lethal for the mites.
Immediately put in Formic acid strips - they use a component of #bee venom that the bees can tolerate, but is lethal for the mites.
February 15, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Bugger...Varroa mites have finally found my home hives. Clear last month, 24 mites in the test chamber today.
Immediately put in Formic acid strips - they use a component of #bee venom that the bees can tolerate, but is lethal for the mites.
Immediately put in Formic acid strips - they use a component of #bee venom that the bees can tolerate, but is lethal for the mites.
Wait, sorry:
The formula on the left, formic acid, has one too many bonds.
PWNED, EPIC STYLE.
The formula on the left, formic acid, has one too many bonds.
PWNED, EPIC STYLE.
January 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Wait, sorry:
The formula on the left, formic acid, has one too many bonds.
PWNED, EPIC STYLE.
The formula on the left, formic acid, has one too many bonds.
PWNED, EPIC STYLE.
Scientists revive old Bulgarian recipe to make yogurt with ants. Ants carry lactic and acetic acid bacteria that help coagulate milk, as well as formic acid to acidify it. They even partnered with Danish chefs to create three recipes using ant yogurt. arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Scientists revive old Bulgarian recipe to make yogurt with ants
Ants carry lactic and acetic acid bacteria that help coagulate milk, as well as formic acid to acidify it.
arstechnica.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Scientists revive old Bulgarian recipe to make yogurt with ants. Ants carry lactic and acetic acid bacteria that help coagulate milk, as well as formic acid to acidify it. They even partnered with Danish chefs to create three recipes using ant yogurt. arstechnica.com/science/2025...
At Noma, where they famously serve ants, our server told us they have to keep the ants all separated from each other in the prep area bc if they get into clan wars they’ll use up all their formic acid fighting, and taste like nothing
"Tastes like ants"
"When did you eat ants?"
(Not wrong, it was bleu cheese which shares formic acid with ants).
"When did you eat ants?"
(Not wrong, it was bleu cheese which shares formic acid with ants).
March 3, 2026 at 3:29 PM
At Noma, where they famously serve ants, our server told us they have to keep the ants all separated from each other in the prep area bc if they get into clan wars they’ll use up all their formic acid fighting, and taste like nothing
Scientists have developed an electrode that can capture CO2 directly from flue gas & straight from the atmosphere, no purification required. The electrode process turns the CO₂ into formic acid, a weak acid currently used to preserve livestock feed & tan leather buff.ly/sUIzHlC #ShareGoodNewsToo
Turning industrial exhaust into useful materials with a new electrode - American Chemical Society
Researchers have designed a specialized electrode that captures airborne CO2 and directly converts it into a useful chemical material called formic acid.
www.acs.org
March 13, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Scientists have developed an electrode that can capture CO2 directly from flue gas & straight from the atmosphere, no purification required. The electrode process turns the CO₂ into formic acid, a weak acid currently used to preserve livestock feed & tan leather buff.ly/sUIzHlC #ShareGoodNewsToo
I was originally going to write "Full of FORMIC ACID" but I wasn't sure if that would be too niche for my audience???
Anyways 🐜
Anyways 🐜
July 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I was originally going to write "Full of FORMIC ACID" but I wasn't sure if that would be too niche for my audience???
Anyways 🐜
Anyways 🐜
Ants have what mammals crave (formic acid)
January 7, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Ants have what mammals crave (formic acid)
Shorty sprayed me with formic acid as a threat display
March 14, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Shorty sprayed me with formic acid as a threat display
Bert has been ‘Anting’
Sitting in an ant colony & allowing them to crawl on him. A form of feather maintenance as the ants secret formic acid acting as a fungicide to control parasites & maintain plumage health
The open mouth is because birds don’t sweat, they pant like dogs
Sitting in an ant colony & allowing them to crawl on him. A form of feather maintenance as the ants secret formic acid acting as a fungicide to control parasites & maintain plumage health
The open mouth is because birds don’t sweat, they pant like dogs
August 16, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Bert has been ‘Anting’
Sitting in an ant colony & allowing them to crawl on him. A form of feather maintenance as the ants secret formic acid acting as a fungicide to control parasites & maintain plumage health
The open mouth is because birds don’t sweat, they pant like dogs
Sitting in an ant colony & allowing them to crawl on him. A form of feather maintenance as the ants secret formic acid acting as a fungicide to control parasites & maintain plumage health
The open mouth is because birds don’t sweat, they pant like dogs
Some would find it a formic experience.
May 8, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Some would find it a formic experience.
That could be formic acid (bad) or butyric acid (not so bad). Butyric acid is the stuff that makes stink bombs work, smells like vinegar / vomit / body odor. Formic acid smells like ants.
January 28, 2026 at 1:58 AM
That could be formic acid (bad) or butyric acid (not so bad). Butyric acid is the stuff that makes stink bombs work, smells like vinegar / vomit / body odor. Formic acid smells like ants.
So. You can make carbon monoxide by combining sulfuric acid with formic acid. Sulfuric acid can be found in drain cleaners; formic acid is used sometimes in beekeeping.
They got a search warrant for Aric's Google account and found
They got a search warrant for Aric's Google account and found
November 13, 2024 at 3:33 AM
So. You can make carbon monoxide by combining sulfuric acid with formic acid. Sulfuric acid can be found in drain cleaners; formic acid is used sometimes in beekeeping.
They got a search warrant for Aric's Google account and found
They got a search warrant for Aric's Google account and found
Took me a moment to realize that these are decapitated ant heads. Seems there’s a formic Reign of Terror happening on my patio.
Liberté, egalité, myrmexié!
Liberté, egalité, myrmexié!
August 17, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Took me a moment to realize that these are decapitated ant heads. Seems there’s a formic Reign of Terror happening on my patio.
Liberté, egalité, myrmexié!
Liberté, egalité, myrmexié!
Another weird acid that is better for proteomic sensitivity than formic acid! chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
Propionic acid outperforms formic and acetic acid in MS sensitivity for high-flow reversed-phase LC-MS bottom-up proteomics
Formic acid has long been the default acidic additive in reversed-phase LC-MS-based bottom-up proteomics, offering a practical balance between chromatographic performance and electrospray ionization (...
chemrxiv.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Another weird acid that is better for proteomic sensitivity than formic acid! chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
Formic acid and...
January 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Formic acid and...
Bert has been Anting
Some birds rub ants on their feathers & skin, or lie as Bert did where the ants are active, & wallow with wings spread
Ants secrete chemicals like formic acid to aid in the defense against bacteria & parasites
This secretion may also make them edible..
Some birds rub ants on their feathers & skin, or lie as Bert did where the ants are active, & wallow with wings spread
Ants secrete chemicals like formic acid to aid in the defense against bacteria & parasites
This secretion may also make them edible..
June 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Bert has been Anting
Some birds rub ants on their feathers & skin, or lie as Bert did where the ants are active, & wallow with wings spread
Ants secrete chemicals like formic acid to aid in the defense against bacteria & parasites
This secretion may also make them edible..
Some birds rub ants on their feathers & skin, or lie as Bert did where the ants are active, & wallow with wings spread
Ants secrete chemicals like formic acid to aid in the defense against bacteria & parasites
This secretion may also make them edible..
Blue Jay, Did you know that they perform "Anting." The jays rub ants on their feathers, draining the ants of their formic acid before they gobble them up?
#birds
#birds
March 12, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Blue Jay, Did you know that they perform "Anting." The jays rub ants on their feathers, draining the ants of their formic acid before they gobble them up?
#birds
#birds
"Tastes like ants"
"When did you eat ants?"
(Not wrong, it was bleu cheese which shares formic acid with ants).
"When did you eat ants?"
(Not wrong, it was bleu cheese which shares formic acid with ants).
March 3, 2026 at 3:25 PM
"Tastes like ants"
"When did you eat ants?"
(Not wrong, it was bleu cheese which shares formic acid with ants).
"When did you eat ants?"
(Not wrong, it was bleu cheese which shares formic acid with ants).
thinking about OP's anteater boyfriend again
April 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
thinking about OP's anteater boyfriend again
August 14, 2026 at 8:16 PM