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What ants are those?

Started By AkumaArtist , Sep 6 2017 1:51 PM

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#1 Offline AkumaArtist - Posted September 6 2017 - 1:51 PM

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Recently in the garden of my grandfather I saw some ants that looked pretty weird compared with the species that normaly live in the area.

They were red with the gaster black and 2 or 3 mm long aprox.

I thought they could be carpenter ants,but I did some research and here in Spain there arent any species of carpenter ants

 

Help please :''


#2 Offline Martialis - Posted September 6 2017 - 3:27 PM

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I think they are the kind with six legs.


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#3 Offline StopSpazzing - Posted September 6 2017 - 3:50 PM

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Without images, could be anything.


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#4 Offline ctantkeeper - Posted September 6 2017 - 5:24 PM

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I think they are the kind with six legs.

Don't forget antennae!


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#5 Offline Serafine - Posted September 7 2017 - 12:36 AM

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Could be some sort of Lasius (small colonies tend to have much smaller workers than the regular size for this species) or a Temnothorax species. But without picture we can't even say if they're formicine or myrmicine ants.


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#6 Offline AkumaArtist - Posted September 7 2017 - 4:12 AM

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I can try to get some images of them,but for now i did some research and they arent lasius or themnothorax ,they actually looked just like Canmponotus abdominalis floridanus,I'm confused qwp


#7 Offline Serafine - Posted September 7 2017 - 5:12 AM

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Camponotus floridanus are way bigger than 3mm, even the smaller nanitics should measure 6-8mm.


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#8 Offline VoidElecent - Posted September 7 2017 - 5:22 AM

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These could be anything; from Crematogaster to a smaller Formica. Please include images if you wish to identify them.


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#9 Offline sgheaton - Posted September 7 2017 - 5:34 AM

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It.............looka lika bug. 


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#10 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted September 7 2017 - 6:04 AM

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I'm guessing crematogaster(cerasi). If I end up being correct then I deserve something ;)


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#11 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted September 7 2017 - 9:41 AM

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Crematogaster cerasi isn't in spain.

 

I'm going with Formica fusca.


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#12 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted September 7 2017 - 9:55 AM

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Crematogaster cerasi isn't in spain.

 

I'm going with Formica fusca.

Too small to be formica


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#13 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted September 7 2017 - 10:11 AM

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Crematogaster cerasi isn't in spain.

 

I'm going with Formica fusca.

Good point, I'm very bad at knowing which ants are where :facepalm:


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