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Kitchen Creek Falls CA ID 5/17/2020

Started By M_Ants , May 16 2020 4:17 PM

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#1 Offline M_Ants - Posted May 16 2020 - 4:17 PM

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Some sort of camp. worker I believe?

 

1. Kitchen Creek Falls CA 

2. 5/17/2020
3. Desert scrub. Typical SoCal terrain.
4. About 1.1 cm
5. Brownish head with orange body.


Edited by M_Ants, May 19 2020 - 2:04 PM.

Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

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#2 Offline gcsnelling - Posted May 16 2020 - 5:05 PM

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Camponotus sp.


#3 Offline M_Ants - Posted May 16 2020 - 7:35 PM

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I'm wondering what sp.


Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

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#4 Offline dspdrew - Posted May 16 2020 - 8:46 PM

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Best way to get better answers is to give more information. There is a template that can help you.


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#5 Offline AntsDakota - Posted May 17 2020 - 6:11 AM

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Ant Identification Template (Please read this first, then post a NEW thread)


"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

#6 Offline M_Ants - Posted May 18 2020 - 1:49 PM

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Added some info.


Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

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#7 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 18 2020 - 2:41 PM

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Probably either Camponotus vicinus or semitestaceus.


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). 

#8 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted May 18 2020 - 2:52 PM

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Maybe C. americanus


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#9 Offline AntsDakota - Posted May 18 2020 - 2:58 PM

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Maybe C. americanus

C. americanus is not present in California.


"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

#10 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted May 18 2020 - 3:32 PM

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Maybe C. americanus

C. americanus is not present in California.

 

I should've looked at his location before I said that...


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#11 Offline Martialis - Posted May 18 2020 - 9:37 PM

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It’s best not to conjecture species with only a few pictures and not much information
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#12 Offline Martialis - Posted May 19 2020 - 6:11 AM

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Are you sure the ant is only 1 mm? That’s less than the top of a ballpoint pen.
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#13 Offline ponerinecat - Posted May 19 2020 - 7:21 AM

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1.1 mm... I don't know of a single camponotus that small. For reference, the smallest ant in the world is only half that size stretched out.


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#14 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted May 19 2020 - 7:27 AM

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Maybe he meant centimeters.


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#15 Offline AntsDakota - Posted May 19 2020 - 8:05 AM

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the smallest ant in the world is only half that size stretched out.

What species is this? I'd be interested in reading up on it.


"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

#16 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted May 19 2020 - 8:10 AM

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the smallest ant in the world is only half that size stretched out.

What species is this? I'd be interested in reading up on it.

 

Tapinoma melanocephalum? I think their workers are ~1.3 mm long though.


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#17 Offline AntsDakota - Posted May 19 2020 - 8:12 AM

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the smallest ant in the world is only half that size stretched out.

What species is this? I'd be interested in reading up on it.

 

Tapinoma melanocephalum? I think their workers are ~1.3 mm long though.

 

Half of 1.1 is 0.55, or half a millimeter. 


"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

#18 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted May 19 2020 - 8:23 AM

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the smallest ant in the world is only half that size stretched out.

What species is this? I'd be interested in reading up on it.

 

Tapinoma melanocephalum? I think their workers are ~1.3 mm long though.

 

Half of 1.1 is 0.55, or half a millimeter. 

 

From all the research i've done, T. melanocephalum is the smallest ant at ~1.3 mm. I'll keep looking.


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#19 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted May 19 2020 - 8:28 AM

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#20 Offline Antkid12 - Posted May 19 2020 - 9:57 AM

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  Plagiolepis alluaudi looks pretty small too!


Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

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