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Comments on Puzzle #30471: Formicivora
By lala lili lolo (langedrako)

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Puzzle Description:

Formicivora rufa the Rusty-backed antwren

#1: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Feb 11, 2020 [SPOILER]

Lovely! Is it an antwren because it eats ants?
I'm guessing so, because ant bites contain formic acid.
#2: lala lili lolo (langedrako) on Feb 11, 2020 [SPOILER]
It is part of a whole family of birds that specialize in following ant swarms in the tropical rain forest. There are antwrens, antshrikes, antpitas, antbirds and more. Although only a few eat the actual ants as they mostly aim for the bugs who are running away from the swarm!
#3: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Feb 11, 2020
neat!
#4: besmirched tea (Besmirched Tea) on Feb 11, 2020
nice image
#5: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Feb 11, 2020
Beautiful puzzle. Nice to have you back again.
#6: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on Feb 13, 2020
Gorgeous depiction, ans I learned something new - LOVE PBN!!
#7: Gator (gator) on Feb 18, 2020 [HINT]
Most of the puzzle solves with line/color logic until the last few blacks at the end. Looking 2 moves ahead, R18C21 can be made a dot. The same can be done with R18C23.

Either R16C20 or R17C20 has to be black (or both). In both cases, R17C23 is a dot. LL to finish.

Nice puzzle!
#8: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Feb 18, 2020
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by gator.
#9: Teresa K (fasstar) on Feb 20, 2020
That was a fun solve and a lovely image!
#10: Ailsa Hebert (bazette3) on Sep 18, 2022
Great puzzle! Really enjoyed the solve...thanks!!

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