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Queen Ant ID (Dolopomyrmex pilatus) (Lake Los Angeles, CA) (3-21-2015)

Started By dspdrew , Mar 22 2015 9:03 AM
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#1 Offline dspdrew - Posted March 22 2015 - 9:03 AM

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1. Location of collection: Llano, California.
2. Date of collection:  3-20-2015.
3. Habitat of collection:  High Desert.
4. Length (from head to gaster):  13 mm.
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture:  Brown head, orange and brown thorax, orange and brown gaster, yellow legs and antennae.
6. Distinguishing characteristics: Very slow and clumsy.
7. Anything else distinctive:
8. Nest description: Founding chambers are small mounds of dirt 3/4 inches in diameter.

9. Nuptial flight: 9:00 PM 3-20-2015.

 

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Thanks to Dr. Trager, I have already found out what these are.


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#2 Offline drtrmiller - Posted March 22 2015 - 9:17 AM

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Oh yes, those are quite neat.




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#3 Offline Alza - Posted March 22 2015 - 9:54 AM

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I want one! how many did you catch ???!?!?


#4 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted March 22 2015 - 1:55 PM

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I as well would like to know how many you caught.


#5 Offline dspdrew - Posted March 22 2015 - 2:04 PM

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I only caught like six myself. The rest Bryan caught and gave to me asking for a colony back if they are ever successful.


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#6 Offline Alza - Posted March 22 2015 - 4:01 PM

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:) six...what a nice number


#7 Offline dspdrew - Posted March 22 2015 - 4:46 PM

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Bryan caught 16 of them.


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#8 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted March 22 2015 - 4:58 PM

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They are not army ants alza.


#9 Offline Alza - Posted March 22 2015 - 5:10 PM

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I know that -.-


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#10 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted March 22 2015 - 6:58 PM

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I know that -.-

Good! :)


#11 Offline dspdrew - Posted March 23 2015 - 1:35 PM

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As Greg mentioned to me earlier, these might be completely subterranean and feed exclusively on termite nymphs and ant larvae. Also, these from California might actually be a different species than D. pilatus, but for now are being called D. pilatus.

 

You can read about them here (http://www.antwiki.o.../Cover_2007.pdf).

 

It seems very little is known about them so far, so if I can raise a colony, that might be pretty interesting.


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#12 Offline Jonathan21700 - Posted March 23 2015 - 1:43 PM

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Are these the first live images of the genus? Really interesting!


#13 Offline Miles - Posted March 23 2015 - 7:06 PM

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So this was what you were telling me about... I've never heard of them! Very interesting find.


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#14 Offline Jonathan21700 - Posted March 24 2015 - 1:17 PM

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This is the first time I hear for them too!


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