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Started By Hightlyze , Sep 18 2019 12:22 AM

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#1 Offline Hightlyze - Posted September 18 2019 - 12:22 AM

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#2 Offline Martialis - Posted September 18 2019 - 2:15 AM

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Length? Location? We need you to follow the template.
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#3 Offline Hightlyze - Posted September 18 2019 - 2:27 AM

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Length? Location? We need you to follow the template.

philippines. ill measure it later


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#4 Offline Hightlyze - Posted September 18 2019 - 4:09 AM

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0.5 CM

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#5 Offline Martialis - Posted September 18 2019 - 4:39 AM

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It looks almost Dolichiderine. I’m sort of thinking an Argentine ant or a relative, (maybe Tapinoma melanicephalum?) but I’m not entirely sure for your area. I’ll look it up in more detail later. If ou could get another picture more directly from the side, it would help immensely.
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#6 Offline Manitobant - Posted September 18 2019 - 5:42 AM

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Technomyrmex difficilis, a highly polygynous species that could work for your acrylic formicarium if you find a queen.

Edited by Manitobant, September 18 2019 - 5:46 AM.

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My journals:

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/

#7 Offline Martialis - Posted September 18 2019 - 9:22 AM

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It's worth noting this is a worker.

 

I agree with Manitobant.


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#8 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted September 18 2019 - 12:55 PM

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Technomyrmex difficilis, a highly polygynous species that could work for your acrylic formicarium if you find a queen.

Yeah, if these are anything like our Tapinoma sessile, it should be pretty easy to find a trail or nest of these with multiple queens. Try putting a candy bar or something in a bucket near where you find them. Some queens might show up, and you can move them right from that bucket into your formicarium.


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Tetramorium immigrans, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Myrmica punctiventris, Formica subsericea

Formica pallidefulva, Aphaeogaster cf. rudis

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus nearcticus

Crematogaster cerasi

Temnothorax ambiguus

Prenolepis imparis

#9 Offline Hightlyze - Posted September 18 2019 - 5:25 PM

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Another question: why do I find a lot of technomyrex that are way smaller than the one I find? They look the same as the one I found but smaller

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#10 Offline Guy_Fieri - Posted September 18 2019 - 5:34 PM

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Ant species in the same genus can look very different from each other.

#11 Offline Hightlyze - Posted September 18 2019 - 5:37 PM

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