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Pheidole?

Started By Antcatcherpro3 , May 23 2021 10:20 AM

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#1 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 23 2021 - 10:20 AM

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Is this pheidole? I to the western part of MA to find pheidole, and I found a camponotus queen, and a small colony of what looks like a pheidole colony. Idk if it is though. Here are pics:


#2 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 23 2021 - 10:22 AM

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oops sorry first pic is wrong pic. 


ignore the first pic


#3 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted May 23 2021 - 10:25 AM

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we need much better pics because all i can see are blobs


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1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

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Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#4 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 23 2021 - 10:31 AM

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Ik I'm working on that right now.


#5 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 23 2021 - 10:39 AM

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These are better, so can you determine if they are pheidole or not?


#6 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 23 2021 - 10:41 AM

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#7 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted May 23 2021 - 10:47 AM

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Yes they are.
We don’t talk about that

#8 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 23 2021 - 11:01 AM

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Really!? Wow..any idea on what species though?


#9 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 23 2021 - 11:15 AM

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It looks like P. bicarinata but idk if they would be in MA. (Just to let you know I was in western MA)


#10 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted May 23 2021 - 11:59 AM

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I can try to identify them for you.
We don’t talk about that

#11 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted May 23 2021 - 12:01 PM

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I think p. bicanarata
We don’t talk about that

#12 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 23 2021 - 12:08 PM

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Wow!! Idk what do say. I never thought I would find any pheidole here in MA, but I guess I got really lucky.


#13 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 23 2021 - 12:16 PM

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Didn’t we determine bicarinata are not in MA?
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#14 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 23 2021 - 12:17 PM

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Idk how I found P. bicarinata. I mean it's not like ants know borders of states.


And New York has them.


#15 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 23 2021 - 12:20 PM

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Didn’t we determine bicarinata are not in MA?
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#16 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 23 2021 - 12:41 PM

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What are you using to attempt to take those pictures? Most people have a phone better than mine, a Samsung S5, and even without a macro lens I can get(no offense) considerably better photos. For taking a photo with your phone, position a flashlight at a 45 degree angle to the tube, and take the photo from a 90 degree angle, holding the phone about 3 inches away. Do not use flash.


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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). 

#17 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 23 2021 - 1:26 PM

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What are you using to attempt to take those pictures? Most people have a phone better than mine, a Samsung S5, and even without a macro lens I can get(no offense) considerably better photos. For taking a photo with your phone, position a flashlight at a 45 degree angle to the tube, and take the photo from a 90 degree angle, holding the phone about 3 inches away. Do not use flash.

I have an iPhone5. Haha
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#18 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 23 2021 - 1:35 PM

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A webcam-My small 4k camera is better but it isn't working right now.


#19 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted May 23 2021 - 1:46 PM

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We can't get to species level with those pictures.


#20 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 23 2021 - 1:48 PM

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Well it's not Pilifera so there could be only one other species that I could've possibily caught.


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