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Ant photography thread

Started By Billy , Sep 9 2015 7:47 AM

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#841 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted May 10 2022 - 8:25 AM

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my Camponotus us-ca02 queen with some larvae

(I even set this pic as my pfp :D)

Can kind of make out the of make out the ocelli
 

Cool! I noticed this too 


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#842 Offline M_Ants - Posted May 10 2022 - 7:05 PM

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Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

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#843 Offline OiledOlives - Posted May 11 2022 - 2:20 PM

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#844 Offline ReignofRage - Posted May 11 2022 - 4:20 PM

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Bit of a Camponotus dumetorum photo dump.

 

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An alate climbing an oak bush to take flight. It was fun to watch this "rare" species fly.

 

 

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Two colonies having a bit of a scuffle over territory or foraging paths. Unfortunately I caught the tail end of this fight and this was about the extent of what I got to watch.

 

 

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As I was hiking through I caught out of the corner of my eye a colony guarding one of it's entrances.

 

 

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Of course a couple pictures of dealated queens that were roaming soon after their flights happened.

 

 

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And lastly, this is one of the numerous majors I observed since they happened to be everywhere when I went out that day.


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#845 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted May 12 2022 - 11:28 AM

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Old pic of my tetra immi, not the best quality, but thought it was a pretty good angle. Unfortunately this queen died recently, hoping to introduce a new one to all those workers and brood.
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#846 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted May 12 2022 - 5:33 PM

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#847 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted May 12 2022 - 5:53 PM

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Lasius brevicornis workers with the egg pile:GV7sLwX_d.webp?maxwidth=1520&fidelity=gr


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"If an ant carries an object a hundred times it's weight,you can carry burdens many times your size.

#848 Offline OiledOlives - Posted May 13 2022 - 5:45 PM

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I had some free time on my hands today and decided to play around with my camera. Some of these pictures are okay, some of them suck.
Camponotus fedstchenkoi queen (slightly blurry)
Camponotus fedstchenkoi queen
Formica
The Formica
Formica
Dropped Wings
Solenopsis invicta
Aphaenogaster fulva
Crematogaster lineolata
Formica
Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen
Camponotus pennsylvanicus with wings

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#849 Offline FloridaAnts - Posted May 13 2022 - 8:00 PM

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That last Camponotus photo is one of the best! Also, the Formica(Subsericea?) look pretty neat in some of the photos!
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#850 Offline OiledOlives - Posted May 13 2022 - 8:17 PM

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#851 Offline FloridaAnts - Posted May 15 2022 - 11:56 AM

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Pictures I took 1 AM because I couldn’t sleep :lol:
Sorry for glare on side of tube, it’s dust and waste from moving the queens
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#852 Offline azzaaazzzz00 - Posted May 16 2022 - 2:08 PM

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The ants: what the hell...sun come up early today?


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Been keeping ants since January of 2021

Always try new things, even if its hard, hard is not impossible. We are smart and it's good to be smart but not too smart for your own good.

#853 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted May 16 2022 - 5:56 PM

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OiledOlives, what is this!?!?


#854 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted May 16 2022 - 7:40 PM

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OiledOlives, what is this!?!?
Maybe a specimen he bought? It doesn’t look like a VA ant(But I am terrible at ant Id’s not in Florida)

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#855 Offline SYUTEO - Posted May 16 2022 - 9:57 PM

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OiledOlives, what is this!?!?
Maybe a specimen he bought? It doesn’t look like a VA ant(But I am terrible at ant Id’s not in Florida)

 

That's Harpegnathos venator, they're native to Southeast Asia.


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#856 Offline Leptomyrmx - Posted May 16 2022 - 10:05 PM

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OiledOlives, what is this!?!?
Maybe a specimen he bought? It doesn’t look like a VA ant(But I am terrible at ant Id’s not in Florida)

 

That's Harpegnathos venator, they're native to Southeast Asia.

 

 

AaaaaAA I was 8 minutes late to ID it-


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Queens: Polyrhachis cf. robinsoni, Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) sp. (likely infertile)

Previously Kept: Colobopsis gasseri, Technomyrmex sp., Rhytidoponera victorae, Nylanderia cf. rosae, Myrmecia brevinoda/forficata, Polyrhachis australis, Solenopsis/Monomorium

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#857 Offline OiledOlives - Posted May 17 2022 - 4:14 AM

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Harpegnathos venator, yeah.


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#858 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted May 17 2022 - 9:26 AM

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Harpegnathos venator, yeah.

That is one impressive looking ant!


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#859 Offline OiledOlives - Posted May 17 2022 - 9:44 AM

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For sure!


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#860 Offline Agorkov - Posted May 27 2022 - 9:26 AM

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