When I wasn't really in the hobby yet, I was on of those people who think: red ant=FIRE ANT RUN (don't judge I was like 7 and stupid)
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What ant species did you get completely wrong as a beginner?
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Posted April 8 2022 - 4:00 AM
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Been keeping ants since January of 2021
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Always try new things, even if its hard, hard is not impossible. We are smart and it's good to be smart but not too smart for your own good.
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Posted April 8 2022 - 4:31 AM
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I thought that my first queen ( Prenolepis imparis) was a Tetramorium species.
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Posted April 8 2022 - 6:21 AM
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Put a Pogonomyrmex queen inside a test tube with no seeds, sand, or heat. Thought it was a big species of solenopsis. Didn't check to see if it was semi-claustral or not lmao
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Posted April 8 2022 - 6:57 AM
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When I was really new to ants I used to go collect them in my yard, and a Nylanderia queen that I caught was a Lasuis queen. I didn't even know what species of lasuis it was even though I thought it was lasuis lol.
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Posted April 8 2022 - 7:01 AM
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I had Nylanderia flavipes and I thought that they were Brachymyrmex depilis for the longest time. I also thought that Vollenhovia emeryi was Ponera pennsylvanica.
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I thought a Strumigenys queen was a S. molesta queen
1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers
1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)
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Posted April 8 2022 - 7:54 AM
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When I caught my first queen I spent weeks trying to figure out if it was Crematogaster, Lasius or Tapinoma Sessile (It was Crematogaster)
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I used to get Aphaenogaster and Myrmica confused.
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Posted April 8 2022 - 8:47 AM
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I thought my Aphaenogaster occidentalis queen was a Tetramorium immigrans queen at first. Wasn't until workers arrived that my suspicions of her not being T. immigrans were confirmed.
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L. neoniger, P. occidentalis, C. modoc, C. novaeboracensis, C. vicinus, T. immigrans, A. occidentalis, S. molesta, P. imparis, M. kennedyi, M semirufus, F. pacifica, P. californica, M. ergatogyna.
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T. rugatulus, B. depilis.
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Myrmecocystus pyramicus, Myrmecocystus testaceus
Pheidole creightoni, Pheidole inquilina, Crematogaster coarctata, Crematogaster mutans
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I identified Camponotus eastwoodi as Camponotus humilior until I found a real Camponotus humilior. They are smaller in size than Camponotus eastwoodi and look practically identical.
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The first time I saw a Prenolepis imparis worker, I misidentified it as Lasius neoniger... and I also thought it was a queen, since its gaster was pretty large compared to its body.
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I thought formica where Camponotus and ended up killing a queen because of that 
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I thought Dorymyrmex bureni were “Honeypot ants” even though they didn’t live in my area due to the translucent gaster on some. (Don’t judge was like 9 when I wanted to keep ants)
I also thought that all queens lived long due to people claiming your queen could live 30 years even though the few reports of that happening were in Lasius Niger.
I also thought that all queens lived long due to people claiming your queen could live 30 years even though the few reports of that happening were in Lasius Niger.
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