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Cryptic ant spotting thread

Started By ponerinecat , Nov 8 2018 8:36 PM

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#101 Offline ponerinecat - Posted November 27 2020 - 4:20 PM

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Found a single stenamma alate a couple days ago. Flew into the dog's hair, lucky find!

 

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#102 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted November 27 2020 - 5:44 PM

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I found a colony of Strumigenys lousianae last week. 


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#103 Offline MinigunL5 - Posted November 27 2020 - 8:22 PM

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I caught a Stenamma brevicone queen on the evening of 10/14/2020


#104 Offline NickAnter - Posted November 28 2020 - 3:22 PM

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I caught a Stenamma like that in August of last year, that flew into a toilet. In my journal it was listed as Myrmica.

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). 

#105 Offline ponerinecat - Posted December 3 2020 - 4:48 PM

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Another stenamma, this one was under a somewhat deep set rock in a small patch of poison oak. Different species, larger as well.

 

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#106 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted December 3 2020 - 5:04 PM

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ponerinecat, on 04 Dec 2020 - 12:48 AM, said:

Another stenamma, this one was under a somewhat deep set rock in a small patch of poison oak. Different species, larger as well.

 

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#107 Offline M_Ants - Posted December 3 2020 - 5:40 PM

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Whatever! How are queens flying this late? Should I blacklight?


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#108 Offline ponerinecat - Posted December 3 2020 - 6:46 PM

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M_Ants, on 04 Dec 2020 - 01:40 AM, said:

Whatever! How are queens flying this late? Should I blacklight?

Diurnal flyers, while it's still somewhat warm.


#109 Offline MinigunL5 - Posted December 4 2020 - 9:28 AM

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Is there anything cool about Stenamma?


#110 Offline ponerinecat - Posted December 4 2020 - 2:20 PM

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MinigunL5, on 04 Dec 2020 - 5:28 PM, said:

Is there anything cool about Stenamma?

They're the closest we have to abundant native tetramorium, but no they're pretty bland ants. I love em anyways.


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#111 Offline MinigunL5 - Posted December 5 2020 - 3:27 PM

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ponerinecat, on 04 Dec 2020 - 10:20 PM, said:

 

MinigunL5, on 04 Dec 2020 - 5:28 PM, said:

Is there anything cool about Stenamma?

They're the closest we have to abundant native tetramorium, but no they're pretty bland ants. I love em anyways.

 

How are they similar to Tetras? I thought they're cryptic, grow slow, and move slowly.


#112 Offline ponerinecat - Posted December 5 2020 - 4:53 PM

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MinigunL5, on 05 Dec 2020 - 11:27 PM, said:

 

ponerinecat, on 04 Dec 2020 - 10:20 PM, said:

 

MinigunL5, on 04 Dec 2020 - 5:28 PM, said:

Is there anything cool about Stenamma?

They're the closest we have to abundant native tetramorium, but no they're pretty bland ants. I love em anyways.

 

How are they similar to Tetras? I thought they're cryptic, grow slow, and move slowly.

Yep. that's exactly how the majority of tetramorium live. We don't have any of those in the US though, so stenamma are the next best thing.


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