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#1 Offline Aaron567 - Posted June 15 2019 - 3:58 PM

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Colobopsis obliqua

 

Colobopsis obliqua is the only Colobopsis species that is restricted to the southeastern United States. A similar species to Colobopsis impressa, obliqua queens can be difficult to distinguish from impressa when you first spot them. They essentially look like a slightly scaled down version of impressa with only one yellow band across their gaster instead of several. The head of obliqua is slightly more elongated and with sharper edges around the front of the face.They're very small -- queens about 5 millimeters and minor workers about 2.5 millimeters. It's weird to think that this species was considered Camponotus just a few years ago.

 

On the night of May 21st, I collected a few C. obliqua queens. Their nuptial flights basically take place at the same time as impressa, but I find far fewer queens of obliqua compared to impressa. I combined some of the queens together and kept some on their own.

 

Here is a comparison picture I made, with impressa on the left and obliqua on the right.

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June 15, 2019

 

All eggs and small larvae for now.

 

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Edited by Aaron567, June 15 2019 - 4:01 PM.

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#2 Offline NickAnter - Posted June 15 2019 - 6:50 PM

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I love their elongated eggs!  So cool!  I wish we had Colobopsis in California. Good job!  Hopefully they will be successful!


Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 


#3 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted June 19 2019 - 5:18 AM

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I found 2 of these last night. They both kept their wings.


Any tips would be greatly appreciated!

Edited by Ant_Dude2908, June 19 2019 - 5:29 AM.


#4 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 31 2019 - 1:47 PM

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How are they?


Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 


#5 Offline AntsDakota - Posted August 31 2019 - 1:50 PM

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They're gorgeous queens.


"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version


#6 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted August 31 2019 - 3:52 PM

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I had both C. impressa and C. obliqua, but now only have impressa. I like them better. My colony has 3 queens and some eggs and large larvae.





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