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Needle ant?

Started By LIExotics , Oct 14 2022 5:06 PM

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#1 Offline LIExotics - Posted October 14 2022 - 5:06 PM

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Hey everyone. Chris here from long Island NY. I found a queen today that I thought was an Asian needle ant, but after looking at her up close through the camera, I am not sure anymore. She's 5mm long, and was found under a very large decaying log. Any ID would be great. Thank you. Here's the link to the pics:
https://imgur.com/gallery/yGwXSUe
Thanks in advance everyone.

#2 Offline LowQualityAnts - Posted October 14 2022 - 5:42 PM

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Asian needle ant queens have different mandibles and look more like their workers.

#3 Offline LowQualityAnts - Posted October 14 2022 - 5:46 PM

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Holy crap!
that's a stigmatomma pallipes queen. Its a dracula ant and I'm pretty sure they are rare.

#4 Offline NickAnter - Posted October 14 2022 - 5:50 PM

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Its sadly only a worker, but it is Stigmatomma pallipes.


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#5 Offline LowQualityAnts - Posted October 14 2022 - 5:53 PM

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Still a cool find

#6 Offline LIExotics - Posted October 14 2022 - 6:40 PM

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Are you sure it's a worker?? In those pics and the video it looks like there are wing scars. And I searched EVERYWHERE around her. I did not find a single other ant anywhere close. And there were a set of wings about 16 inches from where I found her.

And does stigmatomma pallipes live in NY?? I thought Dracula ants were only overseas??

How big are the queens??

#7 Offline LowQualityAnts - Posted October 14 2022 - 8:17 PM

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It looked like that. Some dracula ants do live in the us. You can look on antmaps

#8 Offline Jonathan5608 - Posted October 14 2022 - 8:19 PM

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S pallipes queens are basically the same size as workers. I honestly can’t tell but it does kinda look like wing scars. In that case make sure you have plenty of centipedes and fruitflies

Edited by Jonathan5608, October 14 2022 - 8:21 PM.

#9 Offline LowQualityAnts - Posted October 14 2022 - 8:23 PM

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Could you send us an image of its thorax?

#10 Offline LIExotics - Posted October 14 2022 - 8:45 PM

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I'll try to get better pics and clearer pics in a little while and upload them. It's hard using my phone. But I'll do the best I can.
And fruit flies I've got [censored] tons of. Lol

#11 Offline LIExotics - Posted October 14 2022 - 9:23 PM

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https://imgur.com/gallery/qH5aNHW

These are the best pics I could get with my camera.

#12 Offline ZTYguy - Posted October 14 2022 - 9:27 PM

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Get the pictures in more light. Also just focus on the mid segment on a side profile.
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#13 Offline LIExotics - Posted October 14 2022 - 9:29 PM

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I'll see if I can get pictures tomorrow in the daylight. And direct sunlight. Either that or I'll contact a friend of mine who is a professional photographer and see if he'd be able to get clearer pics.
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#14 Offline OiledOlives - Posted October 15 2022 - 2:22 AM

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Holy crap!
that's a stigmatomma pallipes queen. Its a dracula ant and I'm pretty sure they are rare.

It's a worker and they're not rare in most parts of their range.

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#15 Offline LowQualityAnts - Posted October 15 2022 - 6:56 AM

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I thought that alates and dealates were rare?

#16 Offline OiledOlives - Posted October 15 2022 - 9:19 AM

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He found a worker and they aren't that rare.

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#17 Offline Mettcollsuss - Posted October 15 2022 - 9:24 AM

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Yep, Stigmatomma worker


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#18 Offline LowQualityAnts - Posted October 15 2022 - 9:48 AM

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Oh ok

#19 Offline PurdueEntomology - Posted October 15 2022 - 11:03 AM

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Worker, actually where I live in Tennessee an extremely common species, I have two polygynous colonies going.


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#20 Offline LowQualityAnts - Posted October 15 2022 - 11:47 AM

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My only experience with these ants was looking at them on antwiki andi t said that reproductives are rare.
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