tried looking this up and it was of no help. Can anyone on here answer or give me some examples. preferably ants with colonies with no more than a few hundred workers.
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what ants have a small colony size?
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Posted December 11 2019 - 11:00 AM
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Strumigenys spp., Myrmecina americana, Temnothorax spp., Pseudomyrmex spp., Colobopsis spp., a whole bunch of species.
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Posted December 11 2019 - 11:20 AM
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okay but the stupid google kept coming up with the largest most invasive ants
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Posted December 11 2019 - 11:31 AM
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The internet is a mile wide and half an inch deep. It's one of the worst ways to learn about things in any kind of depth.
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Posted December 11 2019 - 11:41 AM
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hats why i asked here,there are so many knowledgeable ant people
The internet is a mile wide and half an inch deep. It's one of the worst ways to learn about things in any kind of depth.
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Posted December 11 2019 - 12:23 PM
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some examples in your area are myrmica, manica, stigmatomma, solenopsis molesta, leptothorax, temnothorax, stenamma and hypoponera.
Edited by Manitobant, December 11 2019 - 12:24 PM.
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Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/
Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
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some examples in your area are myrmica, manica, stigmatomma, solenopsis molesta, leptothorax, temnothorax, stenamma and hypoponera.
Uhh, just saying, Solenopsis molesta actually make monster-sized colonies numbering in the hundreds of thousands. They may be a fraction of the size of larger Solenopsis species, but they make nests that are just as large.
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Both Solenopsis molesta and Stigmatomma pallipes can get huge colonies.
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Posted December 11 2019 - 12:52 PM
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Aphaenogaster rudis has small colonies, so maybe your local Aphaenogaster occidentalis do to. Most Myrmica species have small colonies as well.
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Posted December 11 2019 - 5:06 PM
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Suprised no one said this. Myrmetoma and certain discothyrea and proceratium are the smallest I know of. Under ten workers if they are large.
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Posted December 11 2019 - 5:12 PM
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The ants with the real smallest colonies though are thaumatomyrmex. They have about 3-5 workers, with 9 being the absolute maximum.
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My journals:
Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/
Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/
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Posted December 11 2019 - 5:18 PM
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The ants with the real smallest colonies though are thaumatomyrmex. They have about 3-5 workers, with 9 being the absolute maximum.
True. Many other ants like this too, but I can't think of them right now.
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