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Temnothorax? species ID, with pictures.

Started By vanlest , Jul 21 2020 2:17 PM

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#1 Offline vanlest - Posted July 21 2020 - 2:17 PM

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Not quite sure which species this is the closest I can see is Temnothorax. If someone could give me a quick ID i'd really appreciate it. At some point I might also do a journal I found 1

Tetramorium queen, 1 formica queen, 4 lasius queens and 2 more unidentified queens this week, also if it helps I live in minnesota.

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#2 Offline Aaron567 - Posted July 21 2020 - 2:26 PM

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This is a species of Aphaenogaster, but I'm not sure which one. Someone else might know. Perhaps either A. fulva or a carolinensis-group species.

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#3 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 21 2020 - 2:34 PM

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Aphaenogaster rudis maybe?

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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!

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

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

#4 Offline CheetoLord02 - Posted July 21 2020 - 2:35 PM

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Aphaneogaster rudis queen.

I like leafcutter ants. Watch The Ultimate Guide to Fungus Growing Ants:

https://youtu.be/VBH...4GkxujxMETFPt8U

This video took like over 100 hours of work, you should for sure watch it.

#5 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 21 2020 - 2:37 PM

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Nice find! I have tons of these in my backyard.

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Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

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

#6 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted July 21 2020 - 2:39 PM

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This is most likely one of the several visually identical species that make up the Aphaenogaster rudis complex.

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Currently keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Myrmica punctiventris, Formica subsericea

Formica pallidefulva, Aphaeogaster cf. rudis

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus nearcticus

Crematogaster cerasi

Temnothorax ambiguus

Prenolepis imparis

#7 Offline vanlest - Posted July 21 2020 - 2:40 PM

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Thanks I'll have to do some research on this species. I've been into ant keeping for a while but I've never seen this kind of queen before in my area.

Edited by vanlest, July 21 2020 - 2:43 PM.