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[Bracchymyrmex]

Great Picture Barristan!

 

Here are some shots of our Myrmica incompleta workers in our colony with about 20 workers:

 

Edited by Bracchymyrmex, November 26 2017 - 5:33 PM.

[Connectimyrmex]

Nice!

[AntHUB]

My Pseudomyrmex colony

[Mettcollsuss]

My small colony of Formica cf. subsericea.

 

[Spamdy]

Camponotus planatus:

 

Camponotus pennyslvanicus:

 

Atta sp:

 

Cephalotes sp (Head out of focus):

[Antsy]

What cameras do u guys prefer

[Toddsnake]

Are there any small clear quarter sized petri style dishes that I could place over the queens I have been catching so I can get a good top view of them.  In the test tube setup they seem to always be on the cotton, making it hard to get a good shot of them with my USB Camera so I can post them for some help identifying them...

 

Thanks for any ideas!

Todd

[Dnail]

Polyrachis semiinermis's nest

[VoidElecent]

Crematogaster cerasi.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited by VoidElecent, April 15 2018 - 2:57 PM.

[Spamdy]

Just some Camponotus pennsylvanicus:

 

[Mettcollsuss]

Brachymyrmex depilis queen

 

[Dnail]

Unknow sp, i love their gaster motive

[CoolColJ]

Cute newly eclosed Melophorus sp. medium sized worker interacting with queen

 

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[T.C.]

Camponotus pennsylvanicus coming out of hibernation and meeting the warm spring sun.

(The dark log, didn't allow for good macro images. But always still a pleasant site.)

 

Edited by T.C., April 17 2018 - 11:14 AM.

[CoolColJ]

My all black Pheidole queen, crippled with missing limbs, layed eggs, but died from "drowning" in honey
Never seen this species before her, 7mm in length. No queen should have died the way she did...

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[CoolColJ]

wild Pheidole minor workers liking that greasy Pizza Hutt potatoe gem....

 

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Edited by CoolColJ, April 20 2018 - 12:09 AM.

[CoolColJ]

Melophorus sp. double trophallaxis, you can see the liquid flowing down

 

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Edited by CoolColJ, April 22 2018 - 1:14 AM.

[Barristan]

WoW, great picture!

[CoolColJ]

My largest dual Pheidole queen's first nanitic worker
These two queens 9mm, with chunky build and bigger gasters than the others I have.
The nanitic is barely 2mm if that

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Edited by CoolColJ, April 24 2018 - 1:19 AM.

[CoolColJ]

I put down two pieces of raw macadamia outside a Pheidole nest, and the next thing I know, the Pheidole took over one piece.

While the Tetramorium bicarinatum the other, and fights erupted.

And then a single Pheidole major came out and smashed faces!

 

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Pheidole minor worker getting strung out

 

The major with T.bicarinatum workers in her jaws

 

her victims

Edited by CoolColJ, May 1 2018 - 2:27 PM.