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Colorado 7-23

Started By Spazmops , Jul 24 2020 7:09 AM
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#1 Offline Spazmops - Posted July 24 2020 - 7:09 AM

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Friend caught this queen in their back yard. Looks a bit like tetramorium, but it’s longer with a skinnier waist. Temnothorax sp. maybe?

Date of collection: 7-23

Size: 8 mm

Color: reddish brown

Characteristics: skinny waist, wide wing muscles and a big head

Habitat: grassy yard

Time caught: lunchtime 


Edited by Spazmops, July 24 2020 - 7:11 AM.

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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

 

 

#2 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 24 2020 - 7:11 AM

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Tetramorium immigrans. Temnothorax are waaaaaaaay smaller and skinnier.


#3 Offline Spazmops - Posted July 24 2020 - 7:19 AM

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Tetramorium immigrans. Temnothorax are waaaaaaaay smaller and skinnier.

Thanks! Never seen a Temnothorax in real life, I’ll have to fix that soon


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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

 

 

#4 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 24 2020 - 7:37 AM

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These are great beginner species.


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

 

                    

                   

 

 

#5 Offline AntsDakota - Posted July 24 2020 - 7:46 AM

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Tetramorium immigrans. Temnothorax are waaaaaaaay smaller and skinnier.

Thanks! Never seen a Temnothorax in real life, I’ll have to fix that soon

 

Yeah, Temnothorax queens are usually under 5 mm. 


"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 Spazmops - Posted July 24 2020 - 2:10 PM

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Tetramorium immigrans. Temnothorax are waaaaaaaay smaller and skinnier.

Thanks! Never seen a Temnothorax in real life, I’ll have to fix that soon
Yeah, Temnothorax queens are usually under 5 mm.
Good to know. A bit off topic but my own tetra queen has nanitics now, after waiting for close to 2 months

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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