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Just caught

Started By jimglim1234 , Sep 3 2020 5:26 AM

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#1 Offline jimglim1234 - Posted September 3 2020 - 5:26 AM

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Caught near tree on the mulch bed, can someone help me identify what ant and if i caught a queen?

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#2 Offline Spazmops - Posted September 3 2020 - 5:37 AM

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It looks like a worker to me, could you get a side profile?

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

#3 Offline jimglim1234 - Posted September 3 2020 - 5:40 AM

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Pics side view I can try to get a better one

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#4 Offline Manitobant - Posted September 3 2020 - 5:42 AM

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Camponotus sp worker. Not much is flying still.

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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/

#5 Offline jimglim1234 - Posted September 3 2020 - 5:47 AM

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Awwww danggg I was actually just trying to look for stigmatomma ants around lol and ended up finding this

#6 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 3 2020 - 6:03 AM

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Camponotus castaneus major worker.

Your best bet for finding queens in our area now would be heading out in the afternoons to look for Crematogaster or Lasius queens. I bet something will fly today with the heat and humidity. Check out the Virginia Queen Watch thread on here for info.

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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#7 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted September 3 2020 - 6:24 AM

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Awwww danggg I was actually just trying to look for stigmatomma ants around lol and ended up finding this

Keep in mind that Stigmatomma are very hard to keep. They require some special care. Also, Stigmatomma queens generally stand still and wait for the males to come to them rather than flying themselves. Look for them sitting on elevated areas but only catch them if they are mating or you have watched them mate, otherwise they may not have mated yet if they are still sitting there waiting. I would look for someone on the forum who has kept them. I learned this from a thread on here about breeding them in captivity. I would look for it and ask some questions there.