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Started By Billy , Sep 9 2015 7:47 AM

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#141 Offline Mortamir - Posted May 10 2018 - 6:08 PM

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#142 Offline CoolColJ - Posted May 10 2018 - 6:08 PM

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I recently got a small colony of ants which are definitely a Melophorus species, but one I've never seen before, nor know of anyone who has documented them

Queen is closer to 7mm

 

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Queen has quite a rough texture

 


Workers have spiny bumps on them

 


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#143 Offline Mortamir - Posted May 10 2018 - 6:09 PM

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#144 Offline Mortamir - Posted May 10 2018 - 6:10 PM

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#145 Offline Mortamir - Posted May 11 2018 - 7:56 AM

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Some close ups.


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#146 Offline T.C. - Posted May 11 2018 - 8:07 AM

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Is that date accurate?


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#147 Offline Mortamir - Posted May 11 2018 - 8:08 AM

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#148 Offline CoolColJ - Posted May 12 2018 - 9:41 PM

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Melophorus sp. family settling in, with baby cricket snack :)


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#149 Offline AntHUB - Posted May 13 2018 - 12:15 PM

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Some ants from my Costa Rica trip.

 

doO2d3C.jpgA curious Odontomachus queen

 

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A leaf cutter ant worker (Acromyrmex sp.) carrying the stamen of a flower to the nest

 

DHvNVfs.jpgGhost ants (Tapinoma melanocephalum) enjoying a grain of boiled rice

 

q1kOkAt.jpgAn Odontomachus sp. worker (different species than the queen) carrying a tiny dead cricket home to the nest

 

iEgwqse.jpgPseudomyrmex cf. grascilis worker foraging on a leaf

 

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A leaf cutter ant (Atta)scout searching for a suitable plant to feed to her colony's fungus


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#150 Offline Enderz - Posted May 13 2018 - 12:34 PM

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My Camponotus quercicola queen with brood after I fed her some sugar water. She loved it.

 

Campontus quercicola queen after feeding

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#151 Offline CoolColJ - Posted May 18 2018 - 8:04 PM

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6 weeks after capture, from the windscreen of my car, she mated there as well... this Pheidole queen finally lays 7 eggs, but that's it. Till nanitics I guess

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Pheidole queen outcast from a dual queen setup with 8 nanitics, lays 3 eggs of her own, the first week in her own test tube



Triple queen setup of the same species




Week 6 of an Iridomyrmex queen that laid over 40 eggs...


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#152 Offline Shifty189 - Posted May 22 2018 - 8:43 AM

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Almost time for workers ;)


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#153 Offline CoolColJ - Posted May 27 2018 - 3:33 AM

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Camponotus suffusus queen of 2 nanitics, 5 larave RIP :(

18mm, and rare queen

 

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#154 Offline CoolColJ - Posted May 29 2018 - 3:30 AM

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Some pics of my Meat ant queen, Iridomyrmex purpureus ... I can see why they call the genus rainbow ants :)

Black looking, but iridescent under sun/lights

 

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Journal = http://www.formicult...ra-iridomyrmex/

Heterotermes cf brevicatena termite pet/feeder journal = http://www.formicult...feeder-journal/

#155 Offline Barristan - Posted June 2 2018 - 11:52 AM

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Lasius cf. niger worker drinking sugar water:

 

IMG 1889

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#156 Offline CoolColJ - Posted June 3 2018 - 6:48 PM

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Camponotus suffusus queen and nanitics/minor workers - 18+mm queen

 

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#157 Offline Barristan - Posted June 4 2018 - 2:06 AM

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Some may know that I have a heart for ants.

 

Today I gave a (chicken) heart to my ants.

 

IMG 1916
IMG 1935
IMG 1941
IMG 1946
 

Species: Camponotus nicobarensis, Polyrhachis dives, Manica rubida, Lasius niger


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#158 Offline CoolColJ - Posted June 4 2018 - 2:48 AM

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gross...


Current ant colonies -
1) Opisthopsis Rufithorax (strobe ant), Melophorus sp2. black and orange, Pheidole species, Pheidole antipodum
Journal = http://www.formicult...ra-iridomyrmex/

Heterotermes cf brevicatena termite pet/feeder journal = http://www.formicult...feeder-journal/

#159 Offline CoolColJ - Posted June 8 2018 - 10:26 PM

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6th Strobe ant nanitic ecloses

 

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Heterotermes cf brevicatena termite pet/feeder journal = http://www.formicult...feeder-journal/

#160 Offline CoolColJ - Posted June 12 2018 - 10:17 PM

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Polyrhachis rufifemur queen

 

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Heterotermes cf brevicatena termite pet/feeder journal = http://www.formicult...feeder-journal/

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