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#21 Offline NickAnter - Posted November 30 2020 - 2:37 PM

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I found plenty of cool ants in Central California, near Merced. Like Camponotus sayi, Camponotus vicinus, and Formica francoueri. that's not that far from the bay area.


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). 


#22 Offline ZTYguy - Posted November 30 2020 - 2:46 PM

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My favorite place to hunt is mnt baldy. You find almost everything there.


Ant Keeping Since June 2018
Currently Keeping:
A. versicolor, C. us-ca02, C. yogi, C. Vicinus, C. laevigatus, C. clarithorax, C. maritimus, C. ocreatus, M. mexicanus, M. placodops 01, V. andrei, V. pergandei, N. cockerelli, P. barbata, P. montanus

Hoping to Catch This season:

M. romanei, M. placodops 02, P. imberbiculus, Polyergus sp., F. moki, A. megomatta, Cyphomyrmex sp.,Temnothorax sp.


#23 Offline antsandmore - Posted December 22 2020 - 3:11 PM

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man this Colobopsis yogi is so interesting. if the care isn't advanced, I would definitely get some myself...


Ants I am keeping:

 none for now, planning on being more active this year


#24 Offline nurbs - Posted December 22 2020 - 4:21 PM

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I have a thriving colony of them. Probably the only antkeeper here in CA that has one. They grow slow.

 

It was the one and only queen I've ever found in tens years of doing this crazy hobby. Would say they are rare. The only paper on them from Snelling suggests they fly in October, but I found my queen in late January. Queens look near identical to C. clarithorax (it's even more frustrating because they are both found in similar environments) except for their face, which looks like someone punched it flat on the nose and poured acid all over it.

 

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#25 Offline M_Ants - Posted December 22 2020 - 5:33 PM

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So jelly of these. Are those recent photos of them?


Edited by M_Ants, December 22 2020 - 6:16 PM.

Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

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#26 Offline ANTdrew - Posted December 22 2020 - 5:44 PM

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“Punched it flat on the nose and poured acid all over it.”
ROFLOL That just made my night!
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#27 Offline Aaron567 - Posted December 22 2020 - 9:20 PM

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I find it weird that Mackay & Mackay assigned this species to Colobopsis. It lacks some basic features that traditionally define Colobopsis such as the antennal insertions being placed at the midway point of the frontal carinae; yogi's insertions are at the bottom like Camponotus. Strangely enough they also have cocooned pupae. In the same revision it is also apparent that they described a few new Colobopsis from the southwestern US, but there are no pictures of these species publicly available and I wonder if they resemble C. yogi. Unfortunately all these mysteries are locked in a $60 book that you have to buy.


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#28 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted December 22 2020 - 9:47 PM

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I find it weird that Mackay & Mackay assigned this species to Colobopsis. It lacks some basic features that traditionally define Colobopsis such as the antennal insertions being placed at the midway point of the frontal carinae; yogi's insertions are at the bottom like Camponotus. Strangely enough they also have cocooned pupae. In the same revision it is also apparent that they described a few new Colobopsis from the southwestern US, but there are no pictures of these species publicly available and I wonder if they resemble C. yogi. Unfortunately all these mysteries are locked in a $60 book that you have to buy.


Yeah the cocooned pupae threw me off.

#29 Offline gcsnelling - Posted December 23 2020 - 5:21 AM

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I would not put too much stock in the Mackay book, they have been known to be a little sloppy in their work. Like describing new species that aren't really new species. That is not to say that the work is not useful because it is, but just should be taken with a somewhat careful outlook.


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#30 Offline wardkad2 - Posted December 23 2020 - 6:30 PM

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Wheeler himself actually spent a significant portion of his type description of C. yogi comparing the species to Colobopsis, and argued that they must be closely related due to the many similarities he noted.

Later myrmecologists criticized him for it heavily, but seems he’s had the last laugh in the end.

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#31 Offline gcsnelling - Posted December 24 2020 - 4:33 AM

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Wheeler himself actually spent a significant portion of his type description of C. yogi comparing the species to Colobopsis, and argued that they must be closely related due to the many similarities he noted.

Later myrmecologists criticized him for it heavily, but seems he’s had the last laugh in the end.

I would not say last laugh, brief chuckle perhaps. Due to the ever changing taxonomic understanding, these relationships are likely to change again and again and again. As I mentioned before I would take the Mackay work with a grain of salt.


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#32 Offline gcsnelling - Posted December 24 2020 - 9:30 AM

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Wheeler himself actually spent a significant portion of his type description of C. yogi comparing the species to Colobopsis, and argued that they must be closely related due to the many similarities he noted.

Later myrmecologists criticized him for it heavily, but seems he’s had the last laugh in the end.

Later examination of type material was able to show that a number of features used to associate C.yogi with Colobopsis were a result of "sloppy" technique on Wheelers part.


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#33 Offline M_Ants - Posted September 23 2021 - 8:56 PM

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Recently caught a yogi. 


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Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

https://www.youtube....FG7utFVBA/about


#34 Offline M_Ants - Posted September 23 2021 - 8:57 PM

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Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

https://www.youtube....FG7utFVBA/about


#35 Offline PetsNotPests - Posted September 24 2021 - 6:33 AM

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No way, that's awesome! U gonna make a journal???


Ants are Pets, not Pests. 

 

-Camponotus sansabeanus

-Camponotus US-CA02

-Camponotus vicinus

-Formica podzolica

-Monomorium spp.

-Pogonomyrmex californicus

-Solenopsis spp. 

 


#36 Offline M_Ants - Posted September 24 2021 - 6:39 AM

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No way, that's awesome! U gonna make a journal???

 

Probably not. She's probably infertile. If she gets a larvae I'll start one for sure. 


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Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

https://www.youtube....FG7utFVBA/about


#37 Offline PetsNotPests - Posted September 24 2021 - 6:46 AM

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No way, that's awesome! U gonna make a journal???

 

Probably not. She's probably infertile. If she gets a larvae I'll start one for sure. 

 

Aww, bummer. Still cool nonetheless. 


Ants are Pets, not Pests. 

 

-Camponotus sansabeanus

-Camponotus US-CA02

-Camponotus vicinus

-Formica podzolica

-Monomorium spp.

-Pogonomyrmex californicus

-Solenopsis spp. 

 





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