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Any idea what is this insect?

Started By SYUTEO , Jun 27 2021 2:16 AM

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#1 Offline SYUTEO - Posted June 27 2021 - 2:16 AM

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It has a hard exoskeleton and can run very fast, it took several tries just to get a good picture of it. It has straight antennae so I was sure it wasn't an ant.

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Edited by SYUTEO, June 27 2021 - 2:20 AM.

Began antkeeping in 2018 :)

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Currently keeping colonies: Camponotus sp, Oecophylla smaragdina

#2 Online ANTdrew - Posted June 27 2021 - 2:33 AM

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Wingless wasp. Can’t help much beyond that.
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#3 Offline SYUTEO - Posted June 27 2021 - 2:37 AM

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Wingless wasp. Can’t help much beyond that.

Thanks for helping me ID  :)


Began antkeeping in 2018 :)

All ant journal: https://www.formicul...os-ant-journal/

Currently keeping colonies: Camponotus sp, Oecophylla smaragdina

#4 Offline AleeGuy - Posted June 27 2021 - 5:40 AM

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I did an image search and it says it is

Cephalonomia gallicola

 

which is(obviously not an ant) a parasitoid wasp.


#5 Offline gcsnelling - Posted June 27 2021 - 6:45 AM

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Try looking at Anthicid beetles


#6 Offline SYUTEO - Posted June 27 2021 - 7:09 AM

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Try looking at Anthicid beetles

Tbh, this does look like a beetle (anthicidae) and possibly it is a beetle.


Began antkeeping in 2018 :)

All ant journal: https://www.formicul...os-ant-journal/

Currently keeping colonies: Camponotus sp, Oecophylla smaragdina

#7 Offline DudeBroGuy - Posted Today, 7:13 AM

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It looks more like an ant mimicking beetle, it doesn't have a noticeable petiole


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#8 Offline Mettcollsuss - Posted Today, 12:55 PM

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seconding Anthicidae


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