For NYC? Trachymyrmex septentrionalis the mini atta of the north.
Especially curious to find out the coolest ant in the UK for a friend who was talking about this the other day.
For NYC? Trachymyrmex septentrionalis the mini atta of the north.
Especially curious to find out the coolest ant in the UK for a friend who was talking about this the other day.
Starting this July I'm posting videos of my ants every week on youTube.
I like to make relaxing videos that capture the joy of watching ants.
If that sounds like your kind of thing... follow me >here<.
umm I'm gonna do state so uh maybe Manica hunteri or Myrmecocystus placodops
1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers
1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)
Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.
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For NoVA, I'd have to say either Aphaenogaster treatae/ashmeadi, Aphaenogaster mariae/tennesseensis, Dolichoderus mariae, and Formica exsectoides.
I live in campeche mexico. By far its atta and odontomachus
I'm pretty sure you have Eciton there which I think tops odontos
Edited by Antkeeper01, February 2 2022 - 8:52 AM.
1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers
1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)
Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.
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My region's coolest native species are Strumigenys pergandei and Stigmatomma pallipes (I found multiple queens and colonies of Stigmatomma pallipes in my area).
Edited by ColAnt735, February 2 2022 - 9:01 AM.
Keeping ants since 2020
I keep:
Myrmicinae: Solenopsis molesta( 2 queens). Tetramorium immigrans ( 3 colonies with the biggest nearing 800 workers!),
Crematogaster cerasi ( 1 colony with a worker). Temnothorax curvispinosus ( 1 queen with colony of 2 workers).
Formicinae: Prenolepis imparis ( 2 single queen colonies). Lasius brevicornis ( 19 founding queens) haven't seen many journals of them. Lasius Neoniger (a founding queen).Formica incerta( 1 colony with 22 workers)
Previously kept: Pogonomyrmex occidentalis ( 1 colony with 9 workers).
As you can tell I like ants
My region's coolest native species are Strumigenys pergandei and Stigmatomma pallipes (I found multiple queens and colonies of Stigmatomma pallipes in my area).
Wow that's cool.
1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers
1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)
Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.
My Youtube channel: https://www.youtube....kUjx-dPFMyVqOLw
Join Our Fledgling Discord Server https://discord.com/...089056687423489
Thanks!
Keeping ants since 2020
I keep:
Myrmicinae: Solenopsis molesta( 2 queens). Tetramorium immigrans ( 3 colonies with the biggest nearing 800 workers!),
Crematogaster cerasi ( 1 colony with a worker). Temnothorax curvispinosus ( 1 queen with colony of 2 workers).
Formicinae: Prenolepis imparis ( 2 single queen colonies). Lasius brevicornis ( 19 founding queens) haven't seen many journals of them. Lasius Neoniger (a founding queen).Formica incerta( 1 colony with 22 workers)
Previously kept: Pogonomyrmex occidentalis ( 1 colony with 9 workers).
As you can tell I like ants
I am so jealous!
Edited by ColAnt735, February 2 2022 - 9:30 AM.
Keeping ants since 2020
I keep:
Myrmicinae: Solenopsis molesta( 2 queens). Tetramorium immigrans ( 3 colonies with the biggest nearing 800 workers!),
Crematogaster cerasi ( 1 colony with a worker). Temnothorax curvispinosus ( 1 queen with colony of 2 workers).
Formicinae: Prenolepis imparis ( 2 single queen colonies). Lasius brevicornis ( 19 founding queens) haven't seen many journals of them. Lasius Neoniger (a founding queen).Formica incerta( 1 colony with 22 workers)
Previously kept: Pogonomyrmex occidentalis ( 1 colony with 9 workers).
As you can tell I like ants
By no means have I ever seen them before, but according to AntWeb, the most hardcore and elusive ants to find in NoCal would be Neivamyrmex sp. and Stigmatomma pallipes. Total S Class in my opinion, since they're very unique compared to other ants in the region. Polyergus and Strumigenys are also pretty cool. I just based these off on how awesome they look, their lifestyle, and their rarity
Current Colonies:
Cardiocondyla mauritanica (5 queens 25+ workers and 8 queens 15+ workers)
Monomorium ergatogyna (4 queens 200+ workers and 1 queen 100+ workers plus alate pupae)
Tetramorium immigrans (1 queen 200+ workers and 55 single founding queens)
Pogonomyrmex rugosus (1 queen 13 workers)
Camponotus us-ca02 (1 queen 3 workers)
Tapinoma sessile (1 queen 3 workers)
Prenolepis imparis (1 queen plus brood)
Liometopum occidentale (1 queen plus brood)
Hypoponera opacior (1 dealate and 1 alate queen)
liometopum luctuosum.
Pheidole rhea and Atta mexicana are definitely hard to beat (although only P. rhea actually lives in my area), and I think a solid 3rd choice for me is Polyergus topoffi, which could seem underwhelming compared to a lot of our other natives but I've got a soft spot for them, since I'm likely the first person to keep them and the area I collected my queen was the northernmost that the species has ever been documented.
Here in qld, Australia it would be: Polyrhachis Ammon and Myrmecia Chrysogaster
Favourite Genus: Polyrhachis
My Instagram: australian_polyrhachis
May God Bless you.
Antkeeping since 2018
My current list:
Camponotus parius x1, Camponotus irritans x1, Lepisiota rothneyi x1, Anochetus sp x1, Monomorium monomorium x1, Solenopsis geminata x1, Paratopula sp x1, Trichomyrmex cf mayri x1, Anochetus sp2 x1, Gnamptogenys sp (Stictoponera) x1, Camponotus albosparsus x2, Carebara affinis x1
All ant journal: https://www.formicul...os-ant-journal/
Will be cleaning up the ACAF sometime in the future.
Ants epic
YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ
My current ants: Camponotus cf. arrogans (likely unmated), Camponotus cf. irritans (dealate), 2x Camponotus parius (dealate), Meranoplus bicolor (dealate), Odontomachus rixosus, Paratopula sp. (likely unmated), Pheidole cf. noda, Solenopsis geminata
Death count: idk there's too many that I've lost
don't make me choose. too many to count.
Ants I am keeping:
none for now, planning on being more active this year
(There's practically no really interesting ants in my area, so I'll do around my grandparents' area.)
Well, Myrmecia are super cool, but for a single species maybe Myrmecia tarsata. They're like gREEEN BULL ANTS how can you not like that
There are probably better species somewhere near me but that's my favourite one I've seen.
Colonies: Camponotus humilior 1w, Opisthopsis rufithorax 6w, Aphaenogaster longiceps ~5w, Pheidole sp. ~150w 8m, Iridomyrmex sp. 2q ~20w, Maybe Solenopsis or Monomorium 5w, Brachyponera lutea 6w
Queens: Myrmecia brevinoda , Polyrhachis australis
Previously Kept: Colobopsis gasseri, Technomyrmex sp., Rhytidoponera victorae, Nylanderia cf. rosae
Key: Q = Queen, W = Worker, M = Major
Youtube Channel: Ants of Sydney - YouTube
For my immediate area, Strumigenys membranifera, found in backyard.
In terms of the county area though, probably Myrmecocystus wheeleri or Camponotus us-ca02.
Species being kept:
Solenopsis "plebeius", Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus maritimus, Formica cf. subaenescens, Formica cf. aerata, Lasius cf. americanus, Lasius aphidicola, Lasius brevicornis, Lasius nr claviger, Nylanderia vividula, Temnothorax rudis and a Hypoponera sp.
Hoping to find this year:
Myrmecocystus, Liometopum occidentale, Camponotus essigi, Camponotus fragilis, Manica bradleyi, Formica perpilosa, Pheidole hyatti, and a Parasitic Formica sp.
People are stupid. It explains a lot...
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