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Cryptic ant spotting thread

Started By ponerinecat , Nov 8 2018 8:36 PM

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#41 Offline EthanNgo678 - Posted April 30 2019 - 12:43 PM

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#42 Offline ponerinecat - Posted May 1 2019 - 2:46 PM

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I just found a two queen colony of Strumigenys! 

 

Lucky! What did you find them in?


#43 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted May 1 2019 - 2:51 PM

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Under leaf litter in a hollow twig.

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#44 Offline Acutus - Posted May 1 2019 - 5:39 PM

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I love cryptic ants. I published a thread a while back, but it died kind of quickly. Good luck with your cryptic ant endeavors!

Do you keep any? Nearly nothing is known about their biology.

 

Cryptic Ants?

 

Cryptobiotic. these are generally small specialized ants adapted to live in dark conditions. Look up proceratium, strumigenys, stenamma, melissotarsus,cyphomyrmex,ect.

 

 

Seems we have a few of these in Maryland! I particularly like the Strumigenys their head shapes are awesome! Think they are too small for me to find though! :D


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#45 Offline ponerinecat - Posted May 2 2019 - 4:04 PM

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Strumigenys is the only trap jaw that has varied jaw sizes and shapes within one genus. :)


#46 Offline ponerinecat - Posted May 2 2019 - 4:05 PM

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Strumigenys is the only trap jaw that has varied jaw sizes and shapes within one genus. :)

Well, other types do too, but they're not as variable as strumigenys.


#47 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted May 7 2019 - 8:04 PM

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Found a Stigmatomma pallipes queen today. Hoping to get some workers and/or a colony tomorrow.

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#48 Offline VenomousBeast - Posted May 8 2019 - 9:47 AM

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I also found another Stigmatomma pallipes queen yesterday! This will be my 6th colony/founding queen!


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#49 Offline ponerinecat - Posted May 9 2019 - 4:56 PM

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I also found another Stigmatomma pallipes queen yesterday! This will be my 6th colony/founding queen!

I need to learn how to do that :|


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#50 Offline VenomousBeast - Posted May 9 2019 - 6:51 PM

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Haha, I can do my best to try to teach you how to find and raise them!
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#51 Offline ponerinecat - Posted May 12 2019 - 4:56 PM

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Yes, teach me your ways.


#52 Offline VenomousBeast - Posted May 13 2019 - 7:45 AM

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Yes, teach me your ways.

Dm me and I'll do my best!


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#53 Offline ponerinecat - Posted May 13 2019 - 12:29 PM

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what's a DM? 

 

Also, found some hypoponera in a log by the coast at Dillons beach. Took some larvae and one has cocooned!


#54 Offline Acutus - Posted May 13 2019 - 12:32 PM

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what's a DM? 

 

 

 

PM or Direct message.


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#55 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 17 2019 - 5:53 PM

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I have/had, as they seem to have disappeared, lots of Cardiocondyla in my backyard.  I have also found a Ponera sp. in my front yard.


Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#56 Offline ponerinecat - Posted May 19 2019 - 9:38 AM

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I believe I have found a ergatoid queen for the unknown orange hypoponera(opaciceps?). I excavated the spot she was in and no other ants, so this is the only viable conclusion I can think of.

 

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She looks a little too much like a worker, though

Edited by ponerinecat, May 19 2019 - 9:39 AM.

#57 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 20 2019 - 2:03 PM

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Does she have large eyes?

Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#58 Offline ponerinecat - Posted May 20 2019 - 2:13 PM

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Does she have large eyes?

ergatoid queens do not have large eyes and are like workers. Abdomen is small, though, and may be infertile or a stray worker that came from a really long tunnel.(Hopefully she is a fertile queen, though.)


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#59 Offline AnthonyP163 - Posted May 20 2019 - 2:24 PM

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I found some Strumigenys in the forest earlier in the month. Here's some pictures.

 

 

 


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#60 Offline ponerinecat - Posted May 21 2019 - 4:15 PM

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could you describe the soil and general habitat?


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