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Worker ID Request Viginia

Started By ANTdrew , Aug 2 2019 11:03 AM

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#1 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 2 2019 - 11:03 AM

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Found this cool looking worker ant in my garden today. I've never seen this species before in the yard.

 

1. Location: Alexandria, VA

2. Date 8-2-2019

3. Foraging on milkweed in a native plant garden

4. Length: 4mm

5. Reddish hue with lighter bands on the gaster

6. Distinguishing characteristics: Fast moving, looks like a very small Camponotus

7. Distingushing behavior: foraging on milkweed; very fast moving

8. Could not find nest

 

 


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#2 Offline rbarreto - Posted August 2 2019 - 11:12 AM

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Kinda looks like a Camponotus subbarbatus minor. I can't really tell cus of the lighting but that's my guess.

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#3 Offline Acutus - Posted August 2 2019 - 11:15 AM

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I swear I was thinking the same thing! I usually try to guess but keep it to myself to see if I'm right. LOL! In this case even if I'm wrong at least I wasn't the only one LOL!


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#4 Offline Aaron567 - Posted August 2 2019 - 11:23 AM

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Camponotus subbarbatus.


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#5 Offline rbarreto - Posted August 2 2019 - 11:23 AM

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I swear I was thinking the same thing! I usually try to guess but keep it to myself to see if I'm right. LOL! In this case even if I'm wrong at least I wasn't the only one LOL!


I always guess no matter how stupid it makes me look. The way I see it is that as long as I let the person know I have no idea what I'm talking about then no harm done.
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#6 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 2 2019 - 11:37 AM

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That’s what I was thinking, too. Didn’t know I had those in my yard!
Thanks everyone.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#7 Offline Acutus - Posted August 2 2019 - 12:10 PM

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That’s what I was thinking, too. Didn’t know I had those in my yard!
Thanks everyone.

 

Now you just gotta find them when they do a flight!! :D


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#8 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 2 2019 - 1:39 PM

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Exactly!
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#9 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted August 5 2019 - 11:13 AM

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Camponotus subbarbatus are weird. There are tons of colonies around my area, but I've never seen a queen during nuptial flights. I'm way more likely to find Camponotus discolor or nearcticus, even though they are far less common. Nuptial flights are done for this species, but if you catch one next year you'll be lucky.


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#10 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 5 2019 - 1:13 PM

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I doubt I ever will. Only the kids on here find queens like that.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#11 Offline ponerinecat - Posted August 5 2019 - 1:47 PM

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I doubt I ever will. Only the kids on here find queens like that.

That means I'm an adult in middle school! :D


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#12 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 5 2019 - 4:23 PM

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Same! I teach 8th grade, so I am ostensibly an adult in middle school.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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