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What ant species did you get completely wrong as a beginner?

Started By Manitobant , Apr 21 2019 12:10 PM

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#41 Offline Broncos - Posted October 28 2019 - 11:40 AM

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I saw a Pogonomyrmex californicus and thought it was P barbatus.


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#42 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 28 2019 - 4:24 PM

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I saw a Pogonomyrmex californicus and thought it was P barbatus.

For most insects, if you can narrow it down to genus you’re pretty good. Most people don’t even try to name bees to species level, for example.
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#43 Offline ponerinecat - Posted October 30 2019 - 7:30 PM

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Just look online. Some guy posted a pic of two mating beetles asking for an ID and some other guy IDed it as an ant.


#44 Offline CampoKing - Posted December 13 2019 - 10:45 AM

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#45 Offline Formicoidea - Posted December 15 2019 - 3:50 AM

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Sorry but i am still a beginner, and i am still getting the speci... i mean.. genus.. wrong.

The most recent was the sudden realisation that my colony of "Iridomymex bicknelli" (which i've had for about a year) are probably Anonchromymex...


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- Iridomyrmex Bicknelli                          - Iridomyrmex Sp. (x2)

- Camponotus Consobrinus                - Camponotus Sp.

- Myrmecia Sp.                                        - Rhytidoponera Metallica

- Rhytidoponera victoriae                       - Notoncus Sp. (x2)

- Anonychomyrma Cf. Froggatti (x6)

#46 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted February 16 2020 - 11:21 AM

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I thought that a formica sp. queen pupa was an egg...


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#47 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted February 16 2020 - 2:29 PM

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We actually thought worker pupae were eggs and queen pupae were worker pupae.
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Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

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#48 Offline Leptomyrmx - Posted September 25 2021 - 10:53 PM

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Leptomyrmex brings a thread back from the dead yet again, beginner antkeeper me identified my Pheidole sp. colony as Anonychomyrma sp.

Then I realised I shouldn't always rely on my nuptial flight timeline. I laugh at myself for doing that now.


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Colonies: Camponotus humilior 1w, Opisthopsis rufithorax 11w, Aphaenogaster longiceps ~5w, Pheidole sp. ~235w ~15m, Iridomyrmex sp. 2q 1w, Brachyponera lutea 6w, Crematogaster sp. ~20w, Podomyrma sp. 1w

Queens: Polyrhachis cf. robinsoni, Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) sp. (likely infertile)

Previously Kept: Colobopsis gasseri, Technomyrmex sp., Rhytidoponera victorae, Nylanderia cf. rosae, Myrmecia brevinoda/forficata, Polyrhachis australis, Solenopsis/Monomorium

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#49 Offline KadinB - Posted September 25 2021 - 10:56 PM

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I thought a polyergus mexicanus queen was a invicta worker smh. Super funny to think about.


#50 Offline SYUTEO - Posted September 26 2021 - 12:02 AM

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I once mistaken Iridomyrmex anceps as Paratrechina longicornis, Carebara as Aenictus, Meranoplus bicolor as Crematogaster and even a Vespa tropica worker as a Dinomyrmex gigas queen. :facepalm:


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#51 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted September 27 2021 - 3:39 PM

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Strumigenys pilinasis queen as a S. molesta queen, Formica group fusca as Camponotus, Manica hunteri queen as Aphaenogaster queen and Leptothorax canadensis as myrmica(that last one was from May :blush: )


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#52 Offline DaAnt - Posted September 27 2021 - 5:47 PM

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I thought a brachymyrmex patagonicus queen was a linepithema humile queen.   :facepalm:


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#53 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted September 27 2021 - 6:14 PM

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I put a parisitic Lasius queen in a test tube and I was really disappointed when I didn’t get any tetramoruim workers

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#54 Offline KadinB - Posted September 27 2021 - 6:16 PM

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I thought a brachymyrmex patagonicus queen was a linepithema humile queen.   :facepalm:

I think that has happened to almost anyone haha. Including me.


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#55 Offline AntsLA-1 - Posted September 27 2021 - 6:44 PM

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I made the classic mistake of confusing Pogonomyrmex with Solenopsis the first time I saw them.

Same, even someone that walked by said "be careful of those fire ants!"


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Ants are cute, that's that.

 

 

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#56 Offline antgallery - Posted September 27 2021 - 8:06 PM

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Somehow I managed to mistake a Crematogaster queen for a Tapinoma Sessile queen lol.


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#57 Offline Chickalo - Posted September 28 2021 - 4:13 AM

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I always cringe at my past self for thinking two Lasius claviger queens were Tetramorium immigrans and Camponotus pennsylavnicus.  IN MY DEFENSE HOWEVER, I was going of the iNats in my area (thought that was all there was) and those were the first queens I've seen, size difference was something completely non-existant when I was smaller.  Yes, now I can tell the difference between the three there was at the time (since Formica was added), and I expanded from that to healthy 20+ species (get your game on, Swampscott iNaturalistic users!)


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#58 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted April 7 2022 - 9:23 PM

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I'm going to revive this, just because it seems interesting. 
Strangely, the only queens I have ever misidentified were a Nylanderia queen, which I thought was Pseudolasius pygmaeus until her nanitics arrived, and a Myopias alate, which I mistook for a Stigmatomma sp. alate.


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Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#59 Offline Leptomyrmx - Posted April 7 2022 - 9:30 PM

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I'm going to revive this, just because it seems interesting. 
Strangely, the only queens I have ever misidentified were a Nylanderia queen, which I thought was Pseudolasius pygmaeus until her nanitics arrived, and a Myopias alate, which I mistook for a Stigmatomma sp. alate.

 

I agree this thread deserves to be revived.

I identified a Nylanderia queen as a Crematogaster queen.

Also that would have sucked thinking you found PSEUDOLASIUS and all you get is Nylanderia.


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Colonies: Camponotus humilior 1w, Opisthopsis rufithorax 11w, Aphaenogaster longiceps ~5w, Pheidole sp. ~235w ~15m, Iridomyrmex sp. 2q 1w, Brachyponera lutea 6w, Crematogaster sp. ~20w, Podomyrma sp. 1w

Queens: Polyrhachis cf. robinsoni, Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) sp. (likely infertile)

Previously Kept: Colobopsis gasseri, Technomyrmex sp., Rhytidoponera victorae, Nylanderia cf. rosae, Myrmecia brevinoda/forficata, Polyrhachis australis, Solenopsis/Monomorium

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#60 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted April 7 2022 - 9:44 PM

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I'm going to revive this, just because it seems interesting. 
Strangely, the only queens I have ever misidentified were a Nylanderia queen, which I thought was Pseudolasius pygmaeus until her nanitics arrived, and a Myopias alate, which I mistook for a Stigmatomma sp. alate.

 

I agree this thread deserves to be revived.

I identified a Nylanderia queen as a Crematogaster queen.

Also that would have sucked thinking you found PSEUDOLASIUS and all you get is Nylanderia.

 

Well I find Pseudolasius quite often when I return to Mentakab, and Nylanderia are pretty neat. I did end up with actual Pseudolasius a week later, but those died. And apparently Myopias and Stigmatomma are elusive in Malaysia. I don't understand how I find hypogaeic species in very exposed urban areas.


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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.
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