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#1 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted January 11 2021 - 10:50 AM

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i was looking at some of my amber preseved ants yesterday and noticed this: any idea what it is? for scale the antenna is 2mm

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1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

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#2 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted January 11 2021 - 10:52 AM

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Looks like a worm.



#3 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted January 11 2021 - 10:54 AM

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Looks like a worm.

that's the antenna of the ant i meant the thing that looks like a flower

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Edited by Antkeeper01, January 11 2021 - 10:56 AM.

1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#4 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted January 11 2021 - 10:55 AM

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Looks like a worm.

that's the antenna of the ant i meant the thing that looks like a flower

 

ah. Probably pollen?


Edited by Ant_Dude2908, January 11 2021 - 10:56 AM.


#5 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted January 11 2021 - 10:56 AM

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maybe


1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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