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Native Tetramorium?

Started By Antennal_Scrobe , Sep 24 2019 5:03 PM
tetramorium tetramoriu hispidum tetramorium spinosum

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#1 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted September 24 2019 - 5:03 PM

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There are two Tetramorium species native to the U.S, T. hispidum and T. spinosum, both found in the Southwest. Has anyone ever kept these ants? I searched for them in the journals section and could only find one passing mention of T. spinosum. I just find it odd that an ant would go so completely unnoticed by the community, especially one that stands out. 


Currently keeping:

 

Tetramorium immigrans, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Myrmica punctiventris, Formica subsericea

Formica pallidefulva, Aphaeogaster cf. rudis

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus nearcticus

Crematogaster cerasi

Temnothorax ambiguus

Prenolepis imparis

#2 Offline NickAnter - Posted September 25 2019 - 5:55 AM

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They are probavly uncommon. And I don't think they have gigantic colonies either, so probably hard to notice.
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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). 

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