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Greece, Alexandroupoli 19th of May

Started By alex-barty , May 19 2021 3:07 AM

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#1 Offline alex-barty - Posted May 19 2021 - 3:07 AM

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Hey guys,the guy with the crappy pics is back

.Once again,I can't really take proper pictures because I'm in the army.The queen I found today is a real beaut.I found her near Alexandroupoli which is on the Northern part of Greece.The place is surrounded by mountains and vegetation untouched by humans besided a road that crosses the land.Found her under a tall tree,her wings were shed.Her head and thirax have a deep red colour but quite distinct.Her gaster is almost fully black but also has a reddish tint on it.Unfortunately I don't have a measurement medium but I used an on screen ruller and she measures 0.9cm.Any ideas about what species she might be?Once again sorry for the quality of pictures.

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#2 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 19 2021 - 3:11 AM

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Camponotus sp. She is beautiful!! I can't determine the exact kind tho sorry

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#3 Offline Ferox_Formicae - Posted May 19 2021 - 4:05 AM

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Camponotus, almost certainly in the Myrmentoma subgenus. I'm not great with European ants, so maybe someone better at their identification than I can get you a species ID.

Edited by Ferox_Formicae, May 19 2021 - 4:06 AM.