This year i found out i liked ants i also found out i had about 40 species in my backyard and about 10 in the front yard.
lucky!
This year i found out i liked ants i also found out i had about 40 species in my backyard and about 10 in the front yard.
lucky!
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8
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This year i found out i liked ants i also found out i had about 40 species in my backyard and about 10 in the front yard.
That's a huge amount. I probably have half that in my backyard.
ANTS I KEEP:
Formica subsericea queen with 2 workers| 4 Lasius aphidicola queens-Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen| Camponotus novaeboracensis queen with ~35 workers| 10 Solenopsis molesta queens (together) with 5-10 workers| 5 Lasius cf. neoniger queens| Apheonogaster fulva queen| Brachymyrmex depilis queen| Myrmica cf. punctiventris queen| Stenamma brevicorne queen
i have a 10th of that in my front yard and bcakyard
This year i found out i liked ants i also found out i had about 40 species in my backyard and about 10 in the front yard.
i have a 10th of that in my front yard and backyard
X1 Aphaenogaster .cf fulva Manica invidia queen with brood!
X1 Crematogaster species 1 worker
Ant Plants: Hydnophytum Puffii
Carnivorous plants:
X1 Venus fly trap
X1 pitcher plant
Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.
this year i found prenolepis. and more prenolepis. and more prenolepis. just like last year. only prenolepis. its frustrating when the only ant queens i literally every find are prenolepis
like i have never found a single other species of ant queen i literally don't know why
my yard is covered with prenolepis and monomorium lol
hopefully next year is better
For my first serious year, not bad. I found and successfully founded 6 different genera and only missed out on a Brachymyrmex flight.
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Ants I have:
2 Formica fusca group- 1 with brood, 1 with 3 nanitics
1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-10 workers
1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers
1 Pogonomyrmex occidentalis- 4 workers, a decent amount of brood
1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood
1 Lasius sp.- 2 workers, Brood
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this year i found prenolepis. and more prenolepis. and more prenolepis. just like last year. only prenolepis. its frustrating when the only ant queens i literally every find are prenolepis
like i have never found a single other species of ant queen i literally don't know why
my yard is covered with prenolepis and monomorium lol
hopefully next year is better
Could it be that the argentines tines killed everything else and Prenos pushed them back in your area?
ANTS I KEEP:
Formica subsericea queen with 2 workers| 4 Lasius aphidicola queens-Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen| Camponotus novaeboracensis queen with ~35 workers| 10 Solenopsis molesta queens (together) with 5-10 workers| 5 Lasius cf. neoniger queens| Apheonogaster fulva queen| Brachymyrmex depilis queen| Myrmica cf. punctiventris queen| Stenamma brevicorne queen
this year i found prenolepis. and more prenolepis. and more prenolepis. just like last year. only prenolepis. its frustrating when the only ant queens i literally every find are prenolepis
like i have never found a single other species of ant queen i literally don't know why
my yard is covered with prenolepis and monomorium lol
hopefully next year is better
prenolepis is the best! i love them!
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8
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this year i found prenolepis. and more prenolepis. and more prenolepis. just like last year. only prenolepis. its frustrating when the only ant queens i literally every find are prenolepis
like i have never found a single other species of ant queen i literally don't know why
my yard is covered with prenolepis and monomorium lol
hopefully next year is better
Could it be that the argentines tines killed everything else and Prenos pushed them back in your area?
ohhhh yeah that is a possibility
this year i found prenolepis. and more prenolepis. and more prenolepis. just like last year. only prenolepis. its frustrating when the only ant queens i literally every find are prenolepis
like i have never found a single other species of ant queen i literally don't know why
my yard is covered with prenolepis and monomorium lol
hopefully next year is better
prenolepis is the best! i love them!
they are boring. i really don't like my colony. they just sit. and its soooo hard to get them to move. idk lol
this year i found prenolepis. and more prenolepis. and more prenolepis. just like last year. only prenolepis. its frustrating when the only ant queens i literally every find are prenolepis
like i have never found a single other species of ant queen i literally don't know why
my yard is covered with prenolepis and monomorium lol
hopefully next year is better
Could it be that the argentines tines killed everything else and Prenos pushed them back in your area?
ohhhh yeah that is a possibility
this year i found prenolepis. and more prenolepis. and more prenolepis. just like last year. only prenolepis. its frustrating when the only ant queens i literally every find are prenolepis
like i have never found a single other species of ant queen i literally don't know why
my yard is covered with prenolepis and monomorium lol
hopefully next year is better
prenolepis is the best! i love them!
they are boring. i really don't like my colony. they just sit. and its soooo hard to get them to move. idk lol
well, lasius is everywhere here, so i guess we all have our common ants
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I have 7 species (that I've seen) in the yard of my new house (I moved a couple years ago):
Lasius neoniger
Lasius americanus
Formica sp.
Formica sp.
Solenopsis molesta
Brachymyrmex depilis
Lasius cf. aphidicola
Compare it with the ants of my old house (13 species at least)
Camponotus novaeboracensis
Camponotus nearcticus
Dolichoderus sp. (Found a worker, I think)
Formica sp.
Lasius americanus
Lasius neoniger
Lasius cf. nearcticus
Lasius claviger
Myrmica sp.
Ponera pennsylvanica
Solenopsis molesta
Stigmatomma pallipes
Tetramorium immigrans
Around my area we (myself, Ants_Dakota, Ants4fun, & Thunder_Birds) have found the following species:
Aphaenogaster picea
Aphaenogaster rudis
Aphaenogaster tennesseensis
Brachymyrmex depilis
Camponotus americanus
Camponotus nearcticus
Camponotus novaeboracensis
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Crematogaster sp.
Dolichoderus sp.
Formica argentea
Formica parasite
Formica subsericea
Formica montana
Formica pozolica
(Probably a dozen or more species)
Formica pallidefulva
Lasius aphidicola
Lasius americanus
Lasius brevicornis
Lasius claviger
Lasius nearcticus
Lasius neoniger
Leptothorax sp.
Myrmica sp.
Myrmica sp.
(probably half a dozen more Myrmica)
Nylanderia terricola
Pheidole bicarinata
Ponera pennsylvanica
Prenolepis imparis
Proceratium sp.
Solenopsis molesta
Stigmatomma pallipes
Tapinoma sessile
Temnothorax cf. ambiguus
Tetramorium immigrans
Tetramorium tsushimae
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I have 7 species (that I've seen) in the yard of my new house (I moved a couple years ago):
Lasius neoniger
Lasius americanus
Formica sp.
Formica sp.
Solenopsis molesta
Brachymyrmex depilis
Lasius cf. aphidicola
Compare it with the ants of my old house (13 species at least)
Camponotus novaeboracensis
Camponotus nearcticus
Dolichoderus sp. (Found a worker, I think)
Formica sp.
Lasius americanus
Lasius neoniger
Lasius cf. nearcticus
Lasius claviger
Myrmica sp.
Ponera pennsylvanica
Solenopsis molesta
Stigmatomma pallipes
Tetramorium immigrans
Around my area we (myself, Ants_Dakota, Ants4fun, & Thunder_Birds) have found the following species:
Aphaenogaster picea
Aphaenogaster rudis
Aphaenogaster tennesseensis
Brachymyrmex depilis
Camponotus americanus
Camponotus nearcticus
Camponotus novaeboracensis
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Crematogaster sp.
Dolichoderus sp.
Formica argentea
Formica parasite
Formica subsericea
Formica montana
Formica pozolica
(Probably a dozen or more species)
Formica pallidefulva
Lasius aphidicola
Lasius americanus
Lasius brevicornis
Lasius claviger
Lasius nearcticus
Lasius neoniger
Leptothorax sp.
Myrmica sp.
Myrmica sp.
(probably half a dozen more Myrmica)
Nylanderia terricola
Pheidole bicarinata
Ponera pennsylvanica
Prenolepis imparis
Proceratium sp.
Solenopsis molesta
Stigmatomma pallipes
Tapinoma sessile
Temnothorax cf. ambiguus
Tetramorium immigrans
Tetramorium tsushimae
add monomorium minimum to that, and myrmica americana.
Edited by Ants_Dakota, November 18 2020 - 12:56 PM.
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8
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Man, this train didn't just derail, it's about 20 miles from the tracks by now.
I'm going to make another thread for all of this.
Oh lord that train has gone way farther than that.
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I guess I was the first wheel to hop the rail. LolMan, this train didn't just derail, it's about 20 miles from the tracks by now.
I'm going to make another thread for all of this.
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This was a a pretty decent year for me I think. I found Pheidole tysoni in a local park and found Lasius neoniger queens 3 consecutive days in a row. I didn't really look for queens most of the year though so that might be why I think my flights are better.
He travels, he seeks the p a r m e s a n.
I had an incredible anting year in Virginia.
Antdrew... so what your saying is this year was the worst ant season for you but the best...
The op bailed and left this on you antdrew how will you make this right? you have all the power of the thread now.
Ten lines? nah I only need the spoiler. now lemme find it.
-past kit couldn't find it
Boom. Done.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.
Man, this train didn't just derail, it's about 20 miles from the tracks by now.
I'm going to make another thread for all of this.
Make that 35 miles now....
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My last anting season was the summer of 2019. I only found tetras. But for me that was still a rare find, as my neighborhood is completley ruled by Argentine ants. I did not find anything in 2020. I searched literally everywhere. I even went into the Sierra Nevada mountain range and still did not find anything.
My last anting season was one of the best! I finally moved away from those darn Argentines! You think Tetra's are bad? At least they stay on the ground! You know it's bad when the RIFA are loosing the battle! Anyways, I moved to a rural house on the lake that's actually pristine enough for tons of natives, and buckets of cryptics! I found Polyergus longicornis in the first week! I've made 3 state records so far, Strumigenys margaritae (which I found to be socially parasitic on louisianae), laevinasis, and Proceratium chickasaw. I've found more Strumigenys than I ever thought I would in a single season (I had previously only see 3 species), Stigmatomma pallipes, Proceratium croceum and silaceum, Cardiocondyla minutior, Camponotus subbarbatus, and many other lifers!
Outside of my yard I saw my first ever Pogonomyrmex badius, Aphaenogaster floridana, Dorymyrmex smithi, and Camponotus caryae. I hope this year will be even better. So far I found out that I accidentally collected a dead Neivamyrmex opacithorax worker at my Grandmother's house (where I've found tons of awesome species before), and now I've gotta look for a colony! Wish me luck!
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