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Pinned Ant Identification Template (Please read this first, then post a NEW thread) Started by dspdrew , Feb 9 2014 ant id, queen id, anting and 2 more...	1 reply 33,342 Views	dspdrew Feb 9 2014
Raleigh North Carolina Started by Thatfa666ene , Feb 7 2019 id requests 1 2 3 6 →	Hot 105 replies 10,468 Views	Thatfa666ene Jul 7 2021
Answered Camponotus or Colobopsis yogi ID [Chaney Trail, Altadena CA 1-28-2018] Started by nurbs , Jan 29 2018 1 2 3	54 replies 9,759 Views	nurbs Oct 17 2021
ID maybe queen? Started by chua2231 , Jun 4 2020 id ant 1 2 3	48 replies 2,493 Views	MinigunL5 Jun 6 2020
Formica pallidefulva (Texas) Started by Pulliamj , Apr 9 2015 1 2 3	47 replies 4,984 Views	Pulliamj Apr 10 2015
Camponotus Pennsylvanicus (Texas) Started by Pulliamj , Apr 1 2015 1 2 3	47 replies 4,621 Views	Ants4fun Apr 13 2015
Did some Small colony scoops Started by Loops117 , Apr 23 2016 1 2 3	46 replies 4,352 Views	Derpy May 24 2018
San Diego Camponotus festinatus group ID Started by M_Ants , Jul 31 2020 1 2 3	42 replies 2,422 Views	M_Ants Sep 19 2020
Answered Huntington Beach Formica 9/29/19 Started by NickAnter , Sep 29 2019 1 2 3	41 replies 3,508 Views	NickAnter Jan 25 2020
Answered What kind of ant is this? And is it a queen? Started by Cblake113 , Mar 10 2020 1 2 3	40 replies 2,255 Views	ponerinecat Mar 15 2020
Colorado ID Started by Kujawaorchids , Aug 11 2017 1 2	39 replies 3,881 Views	AntHUB Nov 20 2017
Lasius help. Started by KitsAntVa , Sep 29 2020 1 2	39 replies 1,471 Views	Ants_Dakota Oct 1 2020
new to both this forum and ants Started by Jamie_Garrison , Feb 21 2017 help with id 1 2	37 replies 2,773 Views	Alabama Anter Feb 22 2017
Answered Queen ant ID request + Other maybe Queen 20 May 2018 Go To Second Page Started by DrygonKing , May 20 2018 ant id request, ant id and 1 more... 1 2	37 replies 4,266 Views	DrygonKing May 24 2018
Help identify these foreign invaders on my ant desk Started by jasond1979 , Nov 17 2020 1 2	37 replies 1,934 Views	NickAnter Apr 12 2021
strange looking queen ant - South Australia 29/5/2018 Started by CoolColJ , May 28 2018 1 2	36 replies 5,944 Views	DaveJay Jul 9 2018
Answered Pheidole sp. ID (Chino HIlls, CA) (1-15-15) Started by kellakk , Jan 15 2015 1 2	35 replies 3,571 Views	dspdrew Jan 31 2015
Answered ID request // Garden Grove, CA Started by MissLiz , Mar 8 2017 1 2	35 replies 2,932 Views	SoySauce Apr 2 2017
Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia Started by Phoenix , Jan 9 2018 1 2	35 replies 2,758 Views	Phoenix Mar 28 2018
Found Queens in my Bedroom Started by Patorikku , May 3 2020 1 2	35 replies 2,361 Views	TennesseeAnts May 5 2020
Answered Not Temnothorax ambiguus? Catsnants - Jasper IN (8-30-2020) - Possibly an undescribed species Started by CatsnAnts , Aug 30 2020 1 2	35 replies 3,395 Views	antperson24 Feb 9 2023
Answered Queen ant Started by Will230145 , Feb 9 2018 1 2	34 replies 1,951 Views	Jadeninja9 Feb 10 2018
ID request: inch ant drone or queen? Started by justanotheramy , Apr 26 2021 1 2	34 replies 5,959 Views	justanotheramy Aug 19 2022
New male (I thought it was a queen, probably pogonomyrmex) Started by cooIboyJ , Jul 23 2024 1 2	34 replies 1,006 Views	ANTdrew Jul 25 2024
No clue it's huge! Started by kingant18 , Jun 11 2017 1 2	33 replies 3,716 Views	Canadian anter Mar 26 2018
Answered Queen Ant ID (Pogonomyrmex maricopa) (Blythe, California) (9-17-2017) Started by dspdrew , Sep 17 2017 pogonomyrmex, ant id, dspdrew and 2 more... 1 2	33 replies 6,956 Views	Kaelwizard Nov 16 2018
Small colony Jasper Indiana (found 20 ft up on oak branch inside acorn) Started by CatsnAnts , May 28 2019 1 2	33 replies 2,329 Views	CatsnAnts May 29 2019
Ant id please and thank you Started by Vern530 , Jan 15 2020 1 2	33 replies 1,518 Views	ponerinecat Jan 16 2020
is this even an ant? Started by NancyZamora4991 , Aug 27 2021 1 2	33 replies 1,967 Views	Leptomyrmx Nov 29 2021
(possibly) Stigmatomma sp Started by Leo , Sep 9 2016 1 2	32 replies 3,176 Views	Connectimyrmex Jan 28 2017