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Stigmatomma pallipes


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#1 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted April 7 2018 - 3:16 PM

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I really don't think this is a queen but I would like to let you guys see it... found her after looking under stone slabs everyday.

 


Edited by AntsAreUs, April 7 2018 - 7:58 PM.

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#2 Offline LC3 - Posted April 7 2018 - 3:21 PM

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Nice catch! I am pretty sure this is a worker.



#3 Offline MrILoveTheAnts - Posted April 7 2018 - 4:54 PM

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I'll second this is Stigmatomma pallipes. I also think it's just a worker, though wing scars might be difficult to see on this one.



#4 Offline AntsMaryland - Posted April 7 2018 - 5:23 PM

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Meh. Keep her. See what happens!

 

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Aphaenogaster cf. rudis 

Tetramorium immigrans 

Tapinoma sessile

Formica subsericea

Pheidole sp.

Camponotus nearcticus


#5 Offline Canadian anter - Posted April 8 2018 - 7:24 AM

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Definitely a worker


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#6 Offline Zen - Posted April 9 2018 - 7:34 AM

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I'm not entirely sure Whether or not it is a worker or queen but queens backs from the research I've done seem to be more arched, and I do not see visible wing scars in the picture.



#7 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted April 13 2018 - 5:40 AM

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worker, queens in my experience have a broghter red and larger gaster and darker body and head, and they have a heavier thorax. Good catch nonetheless!

Proverbs 6:6-8 New International Version (NIV)

Go to the ant, you sluggard;
    consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.

 


#8 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted April 25 2018 - 2:06 PM

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:yahoo:

 

 

I'll be making a video if I observe feeding behavior!


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#9 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted April 26 2018 - 1:45 PM

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And here it is:

 


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#10 Offline VenomousBeast - Posted April 28 2018 - 8:35 PM

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What do you feed your colony?? I feed mine geo centipedes. I've had my colony for almost 2 years and it only got 16 workers and 10ish larvae. They are very very slow growing colonies.


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1:Pogonomymex occidentalis

4: Tetramorium immigrans

2 Reticulitermes flavipes





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