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Neivamyrmex trail in conifer woods. Shingle Springs, CA

Started By ponerinecat , May 19 2018 7:29 PM
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#1 Offline ponerinecat - Posted May 19 2018 - 7:29 PM

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Found a Nievamyrmex trail on a dirt bike trail while hiking in the woods. :)  The workers were really fast and hard to catch. :ugone2far:  I caught 8 ants and put them in a test tube.

 

 


#2 Offline T.C. - Posted May 19 2018 - 8:16 PM

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Got pictures?


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#3 Offline ponerinecat - Posted May 20 2018 - 8:59 PM

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Also, how should I pin/preserve them? They are so small.


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#4 Offline T.C. - Posted May 20 2018 - 9:10 PM

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Also, how should I pin/preserve them? They are so small.

 

Preserve them In 100% alcohol.


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#5 Offline ponerinecat - Posted May 21 2018 - 10:06 AM

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Thanks


#6 Offline gcsnelling - Posted May 21 2018 - 2:58 PM

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One of three species, N. californicus, N. nigrescens or N. opacithorax.


 

 

Also, how should I pin/preserve them? They are so small.

 

Preserve them In 100% alcohol.

 

 Point them or maintain the sample in alcohol.


#7 Offline ponerinecat - Posted June 14 2018 - 12:33 PM

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Is it possible to nab a queen? :thinking:


#8 Offline gcsnelling - Posted June 14 2018 - 3:02 PM

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Nabbing the queen will do nothing but doom the colony.


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#9 Offline ponerinecat - Posted June 30 2018 - 9:28 PM

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I've heard of the keeping of other army ant species. Although they are subterranean, perhaps with enough care and a large enough enclosure they can be kept? :thinking:


#10 Offline gcsnelling - Posted July 1 2018 - 3:53 AM

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I've heard of the keeping of other army ant species. Although they are subterranean, perhaps with enough care and a large enough enclosure they can be kept? :thinking:

In those cases the colony has always failed. This is one of those groups where they should not be kept.


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#11 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 4 2018 - 3:11 PM

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Huh. That really limits our ability to study behaviors in the nest.


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