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Is this a queen guys?I've never seen an ant with these colours

Started By alex-barty , Jul 9 2020 8:24 AM

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#1 Offline alex-barty - Posted July 9 2020 - 8:24 AM

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Hey guys,I found this ant in Greece on the mountain and it looked like a queen to me because of her big thorax.Can you tell if its a queen,claustral or semi claustral or even the species?She has a dark brown head and gaster,light brown thorax and two visible gold rings on her gaster as well as a tiny gold spot also on her gaster.Found in Athens,Greece on the 9th of July on the ground and the ant measures 0.6 cm.Mountain terrain.I really need to know if its a queen or not,because if its not,I want to set it free where I found it.Thanks:)

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#2 Offline NickAnter - Posted July 9 2020 - 8:32 AM

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Wingless wasp.


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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 alex-barty - Posted July 9 2020 - 8:39 AM

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Awww:( anyways good to know,I'll set it free,thank you:)
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#4 Offline skocko76 - Posted July 13 2020 - 12:15 PM

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Yep. Not an ant. Also known as velvet ant. Google it, the colors of them are amazing! And if you Google "cow killer" (type of velvet ant), you will see a stinger the size of which is the envy of all other stinging insects.
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#5 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 13 2020 - 12:41 PM

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mutillidae.


#6 Offline Spazmops - Posted July 22 2020 - 1:48 PM

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I caught one of these once and I was so excited I let an actual queen go to use the test tube... Then I learned it was a wasp and hated myself for a few hours


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Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 

#7 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 22 2020 - 3:04 PM

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I caught one of these once and I was so excited I let an actual queen go to use the test tube... Then I learned it was a wasp and hated myself for a few hours

Aw, man.  :(


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

 

                    

                   

 

 

#8 Offline vanlest - Posted July 22 2020 - 4:14 PM

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Kinda looks like the cow killer ant

#9 Offline Vendayn - Posted July 22 2020 - 4:19 PM

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You should kill it, anything you catch is not good to release or it might destroy the ecosystem. Its better to kill everything instead. Plus never know what contaminates are in containers or in captivity, even if its for a very short period. Anything at all, no matter what it is, kept indoors should no go outside period. It should be killed instead so the environment can be protected, which is much better than damaging the ecosystem.


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#10 Offline vanlest - Posted July 22 2020 - 4:20 PM

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With fire

#11 Offline Spazmops - Posted July 22 2020 - 4:57 PM

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Kinda looks like the cow killer ant

It is. Velvet ants are also known as cow killer ants, and if you see their stingers, you know why.
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Co-owner and founder of Mountain Myrmeculture and The Menagerie Discord Server. 

Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 

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