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Queen Ant, I think

Started By ChromiumIO , Oct 16 2022 4:03 PM

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#1 Offline ChromiumIO - Posted October 16 2022 - 4:03 PM

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So I'm just getting back into ant keeping and was wondering if you guys could help me id this ant I found under a rock in my garden. 

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#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted October 16 2022 - 4:27 PM

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Definitely a queen, particularly one in the genus pheidole.
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Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#3 Offline ChromiumIO - Posted October 16 2022 - 5:49 PM

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Definitely a queen, particularly one in the genus pheidole.

Yeah it looks like there are a lot of pheidole ants in my area.


#4 Offline ZTYguy - Posted October 16 2022 - 6:30 PM

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Definitely a queen, particularly one in the genus pheidole.

Yeah it looks like there are a lot of pheidole ants in my area.
Get a better lighted pic and I’ll send it to my friend to have it IDed to species. Also where was it found.

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#5 Offline ChromiumIO - Posted October 16 2022 - 6:51 PM

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Definitely a queen, particularly one in the genus pheidole.

Yeah it looks like there are a lot of pheidole ants in my area.
Get a better lighted pic and I’ll send it to my friend to have it IDed to species. Also where was it found.

 

Thanks, Ill get a better pic tomorrow, it was found around Southern California.


#6 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted October 17 2022 - 12:54 PM

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Is it just me or does it look like she has little bumps on her body? Like mites

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#7 Offline LowQualityAnts - Posted October 17 2022 - 1:19 PM

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It does look like that. I saw somethimg once where the workers eclosed and ate the mites but it seemed very chance based.

#8 Offline ChromiumIO - Posted October 17 2022 - 3:08 PM

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Here's a little bit of a better picture guys


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#9 Offline ChromiumIO - Posted October 17 2022 - 3:12 PM

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Its a little better

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#10 Offline LowQualityAnts - Posted October 18 2022 - 4:02 AM

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Could you get a side view shot? I'm pretty sure it has at least one mite but a side view picture would help.

#11 Offline LIExotics - Posted October 18 2022 - 9:07 AM

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That looks exactly like the 8 queens I just caught 2 weeks ago: https://imgur.com/gallery/e2Yjgro

#12 Offline LowQualityAnts - Posted October 18 2022 - 9:12 AM

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Both of them are tetramorium immigrans

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#13 Offline OiledOlives - Posted October 18 2022 - 9:21 AM

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Both of them are tetramorium immigrans

Crematogaster sensu stricto, cf. cerasi

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#14 Offline LowQualityAnts - Posted October 18 2022 - 11:04 AM

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My mistake

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#15 Offline Manitobant - Posted October 18 2022 - 11:57 AM

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In case it wasn’t clear, OP’s queen is in the genus pheidole, while these other queens are crematogaster
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Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#16 Offline LowQualityAnts - Posted October 18 2022 - 12:35 PM

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I don't know why I've been so bad at ID's on this forum. I can usually id a species with about 80-90 percent accuracy.

#17 Offline OiledOlives - Posted October 18 2022 - 1:18 PM

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You might want to check out the Dunning-Kruger effect.

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#18 Offline LowQualityAnts - Posted October 18 2022 - 4:54 PM

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You might want to check out the Dunning-Kruger effect.
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As of now I have IDed about eleven species. I misidentified 2 of them. That gives me about a 82 percent success rate. The 80-90 percent I said was a rough estimate since i havent seen that many species in person.

#19 Offline KadinB - Posted October 18 2022 - 7:57 PM

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You might want to check out the Dunning-Kruger effect.
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As of now I have IDed about eleven species. I misidentified 2 of them. That gives me about a 82 percent success rate. The 80-90 percent I said was a rough estimate since i havent seen that many species in person.

 

That's not even enough ids to call yourself good at id. Not trying to be rude but just saying. 


#20 Offline LowQualityAnts - Posted October 18 2022 - 8:41 PM

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I was just saying that I was being realistic when I said I was correct about ID's 80 to 90 percent of the time. I know that I am still a newbie at anting I was just making a comment on how I made a pretty large mistake relative to other times I tried to find the species.
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