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[Antkeeper01]

July 5th 2020, on sidewalk. (Tetramorium immigrans?)

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[Manitobant]

Picture is way too blurry to make an ID.

[Broncos]

Sorry man.... I can’t even see the ant


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[Antkeeper01]

I will have to wait till later then.

[Ants_Dakota]

I think that the middle black blob is an ant.   

[Antkeeper01]

Oh I forgot to add she has 8 nanitics

[Spazmops]

Oh I forgot to add she has 8 nanitics

1. When was she caught

2. Length

3. Color

4. Habitat

[TechAnt]

 

Oh I forgot to add she has 8 nanitics

1. When was she caught

2. Length

3. Color

4. Habitat

 

Color is not always the best way to ID ants. 

 

New amazing idea: Actually follow the ID Request Template that has existed for years that most people don't use: 

 

In order to get a proper identification of an ant, usually more than just a picture is needed. I have created this template for those who are new and don't know what information to post, or anyone who does, and feels like using it out of convenience. Nobody is required to use this, but you'll probably get better reception from the experts and professionals if you do. It's not entirely necessary to use this template either, as long as all the information, or at least as much as possible is in your post. I know you can't always get all the information listed here, but just try your best. When you're out collecting ants, and taking pictures, keep all of this in mind.
 
Title:
1. Location (on a map) of collection (ie: city/town, state/province, country).
2. Today's date (this lets people know whether it's a new thread or an old one that has just been updated or resurrected).
 
Body:
1. Location of collection (ie: park/area, city/town, state/province, country). You can be more specific here than in the title, but please include the information in the title here as well.

2. Date of collection (more important for ID's of queens).
3. Habitat of collection (ie: desert scrub, oak forest, riparian, etc.).
4. Length (to the nearest millimeter or 1/16th of an inch.) Millimeters is preferred. Length is measured from the tip of the head to the tip of the gaster, excluding antennae, legs and stingers. Do not estimate, use a ruler! No matter how good you think you are at guessing the length of something, it's amazing how far off you can be sometimes.
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture (ie: dark redish-orange head, velvet-like gaster, translucent, hairy/bald, shiny/dull, etc.). Be as specific as possible, and you can use the diagram below if you need it.
6. Distinguishing characteristics (ie: one petiole node/two petiole nodes, length and orientation of any spines or bumps on the thorax or waist, head shape, eye size, shape of mandibles, number of antennal segments, etc.)
7. Anything else distinctive (ie: odor, behavior, characteristics relative to others in the colony, etc.).
8. Nest description (if you can find the nest, and you're sure it belongs to the ant you collected) (ie: rotted log, volcano-shaped mound of coarse gavel 10cm in diameter, etc.).

9. Nuptial flight time and date (if you witnessed the ant or it's colony having a nuptial flight or caught an alate you are confident was flying that day or time)
10 . Post the clearest pictures possible of the top, side, and face of the ant in question, and if possible, their nest and the habitat they were collected in.

 

-dspdrew

 

Format he provided you copy paste and then fill in: 

 

1. Location (on a map) of collection: 
2. Date of collection: 
3. Habitat of collection: 
4. Length (from head to gaster):
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: 
6. Distinguishing characteristics: 
7. Distinguishing behavior:
8. Nest description: 

9. Nuptial flight time and date:

[Images of ant]
 
[Images of nest]
 
[Images of habitat]

 

Please do this if you want a pinpoint accuracy for IDing your ants

Edited by TechAnt, September 8 2020 - 11:40 AM.

[Spazmops]

 

 

Oh I forgot to add she has 8 nanitics

1. When was she caught

2. Length

3. Color

4. Habitat

 

Color is not always the best way to ID ants. 

 

New amazing idea: Actually follow the ID Request Template that has existed for years that most people don't use: 

 

In order to get a proper identification of an ant, usually more than just a picture is needed. I have created this template for those who are new and don't know what information to post, or anyone who does, and feels like using it out of convenience. Nobody is required to use this, but you'll probably get better reception from the experts and professionals if you do. It's not entirely necessary to use this template either, as long as all the information, or at least as much as possible is in your post. I know you can't always get all the information listed here, but just try your best. When you're out collecting ants, and taking pictures, keep all of this in mind.
 
Title:
1. Location (on a map) of collection (ie: city/town, state/province, country).
2. Today's date (this lets people know whether it's a new thread or an old one that has just been updated or resurrected).
 
Body:
1. Location of collection (ie: park/area, city/town, state/province, country). You can be more specific here than in the title, but please include the information in the title here as well.

2. Date of collection (more important for ID's of queens).
3. Habitat of collection (ie: desert scrub, oak forest, riparian, etc.).
4. Length (to the nearest millimeter or 1/16th of an inch.) Millimeters is preferred. Length is measured from the tip of the head to the tip of the gaster, excluding antennae, legs and stingers. Do not estimate, use a ruler! No matter how good you think you are at guessing the length of something, it's amazing how far off you can be sometimes.
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture (ie: dark redish-orange head, velvet-like gaster, translucent, hairy/bald, shiny/dull, etc.). Be as specific as possible, and you can use the diagram below if you need it.
6. Distinguishing characteristics (ie: one petiole node/two petiole nodes, length and orientation of any spines or bumps on the thorax or waist, head shape, eye size, shape of mandibles, number of antennal segments, etc.)
7. Anything else distinctive (ie: odor, behavior, characteristics relative to others in the colony, etc.).
8. Nest description (if you can find the nest, and you're sure it belongs to the ant you collected) (ie: rotted log, volcano-shaped mound of coarse gavel 10cm in diameter, etc.).

9. Nuptial flight time and date (if you witnessed the ant or it's colony having a nuptial flight or caught an alate you are confident was flying that day or time)
10 . Post the clearest pictures possible of the top, side, and face of the ant in question, and if possible, their nest and the habitat they were collected in.

 

-dspdrew

 

Format he provided you copy paste and then fill in: 

 

1. Location (on a map) of collection: 
2. Date of collection: 
3. Habitat of collection: 
4. Length (from head to gaster):
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: 
6. Distinguishing characteristics: 
7. Distinguishing behavior:
8. Nest description: 

9. Nuptial flight time and date:

[Images of ant]
 
[Images of nest]
 
[Images of habitat]

 

Please do this if you want a pinpoint accuracy for IDing your ants

 

He should definitely use the template, but I was trying to simplify it and any information is better than none.