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Pogo barbatus preparing for their flight (lubbock, tx)


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#1 Offline AntsTexas - Posted July 8 2015 - 8:20 AM

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1st time seeing a Pogonomyrmex winged "future queen"   i'm excited!!!!  :D (y) :yahoo:

edited: i thought these were "future queens" their not, these r males....

 

 

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Edited by AntsTexas, July 8 2015 - 1:24 PM.

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Ant Queens found:

 

Solenopsis Invicta,  Solenopsis xyloni,  Brachymyrmex depilis/Sp,  Myrmecocystus Mimicus,  Pogonomyrmex barbatus,

Forelius pruinosus,  Camponotus sayi, Dorymyrmex insanus, crematogaster ashmeadi,

 

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Ant Queens i have going right now:

 

camponotus sayi, solenopsis invicta, Myrmecocystus Mimicus, Forelius pruinosus

Pogonomyrmex barbatus, and some others (no i.d.)

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#2 Offline yen_saw - Posted July 8 2015 - 11:07 AM

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Those winged ants on your pic are male, they are lighter in color for Pogonomyrmex barbatus. Winged female has larger head.


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#3 Offline Jonathan21700 - Posted July 8 2015 - 11:12 AM

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Great picture!


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#4 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 8 2015 - 12:46 PM

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Those winged ants on your pic are male, they are lighter in color for Pogonomyrmex barbatus. Winged female has larger head.

 

Wow, I didn't know their alates were colored that way. That's interesting.


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#5 Offline BugFinder - Posted July 8 2015 - 1:07 PM

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that really is interesting.  I was about to say that when I noticed Drew already said it, lol.


“If an ant carries an object a hundred times its weight, you can carry burdens many times your size.”  ― Matshona Dhliwayo

 

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Pogonomyrmex subdentatus

Camponotus Vicinus

Camponotus sansabeanus

Tetramorium (sp)

Pogonomyrmex Californicus

My Ant Goals!


#6 Offline AntsTexas - Posted July 8 2015 - 1:21 PM

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Those winged ants on your pic are male, they are lighter in color for Pogonomyrmex barbatus. Winged female has larger head.

thanks for telling me, so the darker 1's r the females?? i'll try and take a pic of the winged ones of light/dark colours

 

male?

 

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female?

 

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Edited by AntsTexas, July 8 2015 - 2:01 PM.

Ant Queens found:

 

Solenopsis Invicta,  Solenopsis xyloni,  Brachymyrmex depilis/Sp,  Myrmecocystus Mimicus,  Pogonomyrmex barbatus,

Forelius pruinosus,  Camponotus sayi, Dorymyrmex insanus, crematogaster ashmeadi,

 

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Ant Queens i have going right now:

 

camponotus sayi, solenopsis invicta, Myrmecocystus Mimicus, Forelius pruinosus

Pogonomyrmex barbatus, and some others (no i.d.)

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YouTube:  AntsTexas

 

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/cdockray1

 

Facebook page:  AntsTexas


#7 Offline BrittonLS - Posted July 8 2015 - 3:01 PM

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Going to be looking for these tomorrow. Had a good rain today!



#8 Offline yen_saw - Posted July 9 2015 - 4:56 AM

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Those winged ants on your pic are male, they are lighter in color for Pogonomyrmex barbatus. Winged female has larger head.

thanks for telling me, so the darker 1's r the females?? i'll try and take a pic of the winged ones of light/dark colours

 

male?

 

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female?

 

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Yup you got that right!



#9 Offline AntsTexas - Posted July 9 2015 - 3:35 PM

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did a screen capture of a male and female from a video (did not c it until now)

 

felmale (left) and male (right)

 

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Ant Queens found:

 

Solenopsis Invicta,  Solenopsis xyloni,  Brachymyrmex depilis/Sp,  Myrmecocystus Mimicus,  Pogonomyrmex barbatus,

Forelius pruinosus,  Camponotus sayi, Dorymyrmex insanus, crematogaster ashmeadi,

 

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Ant Queens i have going right now:

 

camponotus sayi, solenopsis invicta, Myrmecocystus Mimicus, Forelius pruinosus

Pogonomyrmex barbatus, and some others (no i.d.)

---------------------------------------

YouTube:  AntsTexas

 

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/cdockray1

 

Facebook page:  AntsTexas


#10 Offline yen_saw - Posted July 12 2015 - 8:55 AM

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Fantastic!!! All the best in capturing the queens.

#11 Offline Herdo - Posted July 17 2015 - 8:10 AM

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Thanks. I've been planning on going out this weekend looking for this exact species.




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