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Is this a queen and which ant is this?

Started By kumudclekhok , Aug 19 2019 9:13 AM

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#1 Offline kumudclekhok - Posted August 19 2019 - 9:13 AM

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I am very very new to formiculture and want to start a formicarium. Was planning on going ant hunting but i found this ant on a jade plant in my kitchen. 

Is this a queen? and which species of ant is this?

 

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Location: Kitchen window @ 4th floor , New Delhi India
Date of Collection: 2019 08 19 Time 2230 IST
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Coloration: Black with slight brown tint

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#2 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 19 2019 - 10:50 AM

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Yep that's a queen. Looks a bit like a Pheidole sp.
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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 kumudclekhok - Posted August 19 2019 - 12:03 PM

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Yep that's a queen. Looks a bit like a Pheidole sp.

Moved her to a test tube setup with water and a safe place.

 

Lets see what happens.

 

Current Observation : Movement is very less


#4 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted August 20 2019 - 9:15 AM

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Either pheidole or tetramorium.


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

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

 

#5 Offline ponerinecat - Posted August 20 2019 - 2:31 PM

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Looks like a tetra


#6 Offline gcsnelling - Posted August 20 2019 - 3:14 PM

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If it is a tetra, you better get it in some water or it will die.


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#7 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted August 20 2019 - 3:21 PM

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If it is a tetra, you better get it in some water or it will die.


he's lying. He isn't a fan of invasives
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#8 Offline ponerinecat - Posted August 20 2019 - 5:42 PM

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If it is a tetra, you better get it in some water or it will die.

Care also depends on species and whether or not it can live in aquariums without heaters. :lol:


 

If it is a tetra, you better get it in some water or it will die.


he's lying. He isn't a fan of invasives

 

It's a joke.


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#9 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted August 20 2019 - 6:06 PM

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If it is a tetra, you better get it in some water or it will die.

Care also depends on species and whether or not it can live in aquariums without heaters. :lol:

If it is a tetra, you better get it in some water or it will die.

he's lying. He isn't a fan of invasives
It's a joke.

I know lol. That was my joke.

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#10 Offline kumudclekhok - Posted August 21 2019 - 5:42 AM

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Its in a test tube, with part water, plugged with cotton and part empty space.

 

I see eggs :D towards the water side


#11 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 21 2019 - 11:03 AM

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I still think that it is Pheidole.


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). 

#12 Offline ponerinecat - Posted August 21 2019 - 1:50 PM

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I still think that it is Pheidole.

Too bulky, unless its a desert species.


#13 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 21 2019 - 2:38 PM

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Not all desert species of Pheidole are super bulky. I just think that that head is a little large for Tetramorium, don't you think? The body shape is a little off too.

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). 

#14 Offline rbarreto - Posted August 21 2019 - 2:52 PM

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#15 Offline PacificNorthWestern - Posted August 21 2019 - 2:53 PM

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that doesn't look like tetramorium to me


#16 Offline ponerinecat - Posted August 21 2019 - 3:47 PM

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Taking a second look, the head is a little too big and the proportions are slightly off. Probably pheidole, just a larger species.


#17 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 21 2019 - 4:29 PM

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I was thinking possibly Pheidole indica?  They look pretty similar.


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). 

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