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Posted August 17 2022 - 2:31 PM
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It's very likely they could prey upon themselves, or just let queens back in. You can see this with Lasius californicus in parts of Socal, the colonies and queens are locally abundant, yet with no subgenus Lasius nearby.
Edited by NickAnter, August 17 2022 - 2:38 PM.
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).
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Posted August 18 2022 - 1:21 PM
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Went out to the desert recently and didn't have much luck as far as ants go but I did find this beauty. What is this grub looking insect? Its mandibles were vertically oriented with the muscle underneath the head and it had a dramatic attack response whenever the two stimulus hairs on its back were touched. It was about an inch long and found on the bank of a flooded wash.
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Posted August 18 2022 - 2:06 PM
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That's a baby sarlaac *edit* sarlacc I don't want to make it angry
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Posted August 18 2022 - 7:49 PM
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Edited by FloridaAnts, August 18 2022 - 10:44 PM.
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Posted August 18 2022 - 8:06 PM
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Definitely looks like a tiger beetle larvae. I think you’re correct.Possibly tiger beetle larvae. What do you think?
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Posted September 5 2022 - 5:37 PM
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Saw some parasitic lasius queens along with a smaller unidentified queen that looks like a solenopsis or temnothorax species on saturday evening, around 7:30 to 8 PM. The last few days were the right type of weather for Lasius neoniger and americanus to fly as well, I just haven't looked around to much
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Posted September 19 2022 - 11:48 AM
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My Solenopsis above died from fungus without laying eggs.
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My Solenopsis above died from fungus without laying eggs.
I have a test tube with several founding queens and a lot of brood I'd be able to give you. PM me if you're interested.
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Possibly tiger beetle larvae. What do you think?
The main diet is ants and small insects. Some have very deep burrows. Would love to see the adult form.
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Posted September 28 2022 - 10:43 AM
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My Solenopsis above died from fungus without laying eggs.
I have a test tube with several founding queens and a lot of brood I'd be able to give you. PM me if you're interested.
I'm interested. What species?
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Solenopsis molesta colony with several queens and a dozen workers.
This will be my first colony. What type of formicarium should I setup?
I'm in West Jordan.
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Posted October 4 2022 - 6:45 PM
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I found some Lasius brevicornis queens a week or two ago. Also found another mystery Lasius queen, possibly parasitic, on my kitchen counter. Didn't expect to see one there
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About a month ago while visiting Goblin Valley state park in a secluded section I came across a species I'm assuming is Veromessor smithi. Can anyone verify? I only saw two isolated workers within 50 meters of each other foraging with no visible nest entrance or plant life within the immediate area. I apologize for the picture quality, I was using my old iPhone at the time, and was not able to zoom in on the base of the antenna or other distinguishing features.
Edited by UtahAnts, November 12 2022 - 12:59 PM.
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Posted April 17 2023 - 11:05 AM
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might have Camponotus vicinus and camponotus sansabeanus flights soon as it is geting into the high 60s and low 70s
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Large flights have been delayed by at least a week or so in Utah Valley due to the large amount of snowpack still in the canyons and the omnipresent rain this year.
Additionally, I came across this image from a few years ago. It appears to be some sort of myrmecophile living with a pheidole colony, does anyone know what genus it could belong to?
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Found some small mountain flights of Camponotus vicinus and a common Formica species at around 5000 feet last night. Which means the higher elevation colonies such as C. modoc should be about 2-4 weeks out from their first fights due the snowpack. Still waiting for the valley to get over 80 f to find some queens closer to home. Also pictured below is a different species of Formica and Myrmica sp. at 7000 ft. Any ideas on the species?
Time of flights: 9-10 PM
Temperature in the valley: high of 79 and low of 53.
Slight rain day before
Wind was 5 mph
Found a couple Camponotus vicinus queens
Several of these Formica queens were flying and making their founding chambers. Saw a couple drones as well.
Multi-queen Formica colony, no brood was seen on the surface.
Myrmica sp? Lots of larvae about to pupate found in each nest, regardless of elevation. Most of the colonies were between 5500 and 6500 feet.
Not pictured were the dozens of Lasius colonies I came across. Brood development was dependant on elevation.
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