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What is the most interesting species of ant you've found?

Started By RushmoreAnts , Jul 26 2019 2:34 PM

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#1 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted July 26 2019 - 2:34 PM

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I once found a small colony of Stigmatomma pallipes (dracula ants) under some rocks. I had no food on hand at the time, so I figured they could wait until next week's check-up when I would find some centipedes for them (which I heard they love). When I checked on them next week, the colony was dead.

Edited by AntsDakota, July 26 2019 - 2:35 PM.

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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#2 Offline PacificNorthWestern - Posted July 26 2019 - 8:20 PM

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the most interesting that I have found has to be Leptothorax canadensis. made a nest in the mini hearth that covered up my view of them and I got to see there alates turn into queens and breed inside the nest. sadly they died out because of lack of care/attention.