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#1 Offline Roll Me-Wan Kenobi - Posted July 28 2022 - 8:25 AM

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1. Location of collection : on pavement outside of the school where I work

2. Date of collection: 7/28/22
3. Habitat of collection : Sidewalk near urban school
4. Length: 10mm
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture: All black
6. Distinguishing characteristics :wings still attached, wings look a bit darker than other species I have seen. Looks similar to many Formica Fusca I have caught, though have never seen a formica with wings still attached before
7. Anything else distinctive : Very fat gaster
8. Nest description : N/A

9. Nuptial flight time and date: did not witness flight but wings still attached
 

Pictures:

https://imgur.com/a/yKof2ZP

 

 


Currently keeping:

 

Species                    Colony Size

Aphaenogaster sp.   100+ 

C. castaneus            6  

C. pennsylvanicus    50+

F. pallidefulva           20

F. fusca                    50+

L. niger                    100+

T. immigrans            8


#2 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted July 28 2022 - 8:33 AM

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Formica species. Could you try and get more pictures with a little more light?
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"If an ant carries an object a hundred times it's weight,you can carry burdens many times your size.


#3 Offline Roll Me-Wan Kenobi - Posted July 28 2022 - 10:05 AM

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Update

 

Better pictures:

https://imgur.com/a/RoW9GLD

 

Sorry for the quality on the first batch, my phone is a bit dated. Hopefully these look better.


Currently keeping:

 

Species                    Colony Size

Aphaenogaster sp.   100+ 

C. castaneus            6  

C. pennsylvanicus    50+

F. pallidefulva           20

F. fusca                    50+

L. niger                    100+

T. immigrans            8


#4 Offline FloridaAnts - Posted July 28 2022 - 10:40 AM

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Update
 
Better pictures:
https://imgur.com/a/RoW9GLD
 
Sorry for the quality on the first batch, my phone is a bit dated. Hopefully these look better.


Looks like F. Argenta or F. Subsericea to me

#5 Online RushmoreAnts - Posted July 30 2022 - 9:55 PM

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Formica fusca species group. This does include species like subsericea and argentea, however it is notoriously difficult to distinguish between the dozens of North American species without a microscope and/or genetic analysis.
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Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis


#6 Offline OiledOlives - Posted July 31 2022 - 7:23 AM

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Formica fusca species group. This does include species like subsericea and argentea, however it is notoriously difficult to distinguish between the dozens of North American species without a microscope and/or genetic analysis.

This is just completely wrong for a lot of eastern Serviformica.


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