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Caught 7-30, Arvada, CO


Best Answer NickAnter , October 3 2020 - 11:46 AM

Looks like a Dorymyrmex insanus. Terribly boring IMO.

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#1 Offline Spazmops - Posted October 3 2020 - 11:16 AM

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I made a post about this queen a while back, and it was hard to ID her. She got workers today, so I figured it might be easier now.

 

Caught around 3 pm, dug up a founding chamber 

Desert-like habitat

~4 mm in length

Grayish-black

Elongated gaster

The largest founding pile of brood I’ve ever seen

No idea what species this is
Tiny queen top view

Edited by Spazmops, October 3 2020 - 11:18 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 NickAnter - Posted October 3 2020 - 11:46 AM   Best Answer

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Looks like a Dorymyrmex insanus. Terribly boring IMO.


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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 Spazmops - Posted October 3 2020 - 12:08 PM

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Looks like a Dorymyrmex insanus. Terribly boring IMO.

I think you’re right on the money. Thanks!


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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 ponerinecat - Posted October 3 2020 - 12:19 PM

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Insanus complex. G.C. Snelling may be able to help but the species included under insanus arent fully described yet.



#5 Offline smares - Posted October 19 2020 - 9:13 PM

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How deep did you have to dig?

#6 Offline AntsDakota - Posted October 20 2020 - 5:14 AM

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How deep did you have to dig?

Where did you get the impression he dug them up?
 


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#7 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted October 20 2020 - 5:18 AM

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he dug up a founding chamber.


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#8 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted October 20 2020 - 5:19 AM

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it says he dug up a founding chamber


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#9 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted October 20 2020 - 5:21 AM

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also i  my opinion and from videos these are fun to keep after like 20 workers because they are always in the outworld and grow fast and from what i've seen is that they don't do good in a mini hearth so a sandy digging set up is a great thing to put them in.


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