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TennesseeAnts' Ant Journals (Back for now)

Started By TennesseeAnts , May 30 2019 4:29 AM
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#201 Offline DDD101DDD - Posted September 16 2019 - 3:20 PM

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What do you mean by "turtles"


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#202 Offline EthanNgo678 - Posted September 16 2019 - 3:26 PM

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These are actually cork headed ants, turtle ants are totally different. 

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Turtle ants

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Cork headed ants


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#203 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted September 16 2019 - 4:04 PM

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These are actually cork headed ants, turtle ants are totally different. 
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Turtle ants
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Cork headed ants


I know this lol. I was referring to a comment posted on Aaron's Colobopsis impressa journal.

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#204 Offline Martialis - Posted September 16 2019 - 4:42 PM

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I like turtles
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#205 Offline Ferox_Formicae - Posted September 16 2019 - 4:47 PM

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These are actually cork headed ants, turtle ants are totally different. 

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Turtle ants

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Cork headed ants

Common names suck.


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#206 Offline smares - Posted September 16 2019 - 6:30 PM

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Interesting info. The name certainly fits the pic.

#207 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted September 18 2019 - 7:36 PM

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Are the Brachyponera still alive? I've been thinking of driving to Reedsburg (The town in Wisconsin where they have been found.) sometime in the future to get some.


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#208 Offline Ferox_Formicae - Posted September 19 2019 - 3:37 AM

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Are the Brachyponera still alive? I've been thinking of driving to Reedsburg (The town in Wisconsin where they have been found.) sometime in the future to get some.

Haha, I miss being that excited about Brachyponera. But now I realize they're literally everywhere and have forced out many native species, especially Camponotus. They live in rotting wood and make massive, polygynous colonies that can merge with each other. Their stings are also pretty bad and I've been stung many, many times. I wouldn't say they're overly aggressive, but they're still something to watch out for. If you like your native ant species, you'd better hope and pray they don't reach your area. If you want something similar that's not invasive, try looking for Ponera and Hypoponera, maybe even the rare Cryptopone gilva they look pretty similar but are about half the size with a more elongated body and shorter limbs. If you do get Brachyponera though, be very careful with them. Good luck!  ;)


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#209 Offline ponerinecat - Posted September 19 2019 - 2:36 PM

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who needs cryptopone when stigmatomma is present


#210 Offline Ferox_Formicae - Posted September 19 2019 - 6:04 PM

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who needs cryptopone when stigmatomma is present

Yeah. I mean, if we're talking Ponerines, Stigmatomma isn't a Ponerine, it's an Amblyoponine. But you are right though. You can never go wrong with Stigmatomma! I wish the trees in my area were deciduous. All I have are long leaf pine forests, and not even the good kind (meaning a sandhills environment), and Stigmatomma are really only found in deciduous forests with maybe a few pines mixed in here and there. Very moist, fairly well-drained soil as well, which I'm certainly lacking in my immediate vicinity. I'm getting my drivers license in February though, so 2020 anting should be better, and maybe I've got Stigmatomma in my future!


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#211 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted September 19 2019 - 6:12 PM

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who needs cryptopone when stigmatomma is present

Yeah. I mean, if we're talking Ponerines, Stigmatomma isn't a Ponerine, it's an Amblyoponine. But you are right though. You can never go wrong with Stigmatomma! I wish the trees in my area were deciduous. All I have are long leaf pine forests, and not even the good kind (meaning a sandhills environment), and Stigmatomma are really only found in deciduous forests with maybe a few pines mixed in here and there. Very moist, fairly well-drained soil as well, which I'm certainly lacking in my immediate vicinity. I'm getting my drivers license in February though, so 2020 anting should be better, and maybe I've got Stigmatomma in my future!

 

I think I get my license around the same time. Can't wait to tour Wisconsin looking for ants. I'm just kind of enamored with B. chinensis right now, because it's just a normal ponerine, not cryptic or anything, and there's nothing else like it in the north. If any invasive ant had to take over my yard, I would pick this one over argentine ants any day.


Edited by Antennal_Scrobe, September 19 2019 - 6:13 PM.

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Tetramorium immigrans, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Myrmica punctiventris, Formica subsericea

Formica pallidefulva, Aphaeogaster cf. rudis

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus nearcticus

Crematogaster cerasi

Temnothorax ambiguus

Prenolepis imparis

#212 Offline ponerinecat - Posted September 19 2019 - 6:53 PM

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some stigmatomma actually prefer conifers.


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#213 Offline FSTP - Posted September 20 2019 - 12:04 AM

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Me too Martialiss,I like Turtles.


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#214 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted September 26 2019 - 4:59 AM

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Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Colony #1)
9-26-19

Well the queen got her first worker, and died.

Crematogaster cerasi (Colony #1)
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Well over 400 workers now. Their tube has ran completely dry, so they'll get a mini hearth soon. They really enjoy mealworm pupae. Their brood pile is so big it is spilling out the front of the test tube. Also the queen laid a huge new batch of about 400 eggs.
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#215 Offline Guy_Fieri - Posted September 26 2019 - 9:17 AM

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Good luck with the Crematogaster, it seems there's going to be a boom in population soon.
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#216 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted September 26 2019 - 11:39 AM

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The queen died? Mine did too...

#217 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 26 2019 - 12:29 PM

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Damn. I’m definitely not ordering Pogonomyrmex now.
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#218 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted September 26 2019 - 12:38 PM

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Damn. I’m definitely not ordering Pogonomyrmex now.

Same... I mean no offense to Mack, but yeah, after this? Never again.

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#219 Offline NickAnter - Posted September 26 2019 - 1:57 PM

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Damn. I’m definitely not ordering Pogonomyrmex now.

Same... I mean no more defense to Mack, but yeah, after this? Never again.
You mean offense right, not defense?

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). 

#220 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted September 26 2019 - 2:20 PM

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I'm gonna get some more soon.

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