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Worker Ant ID (Taken on May, 6th)

Started By MinigunL5 , May 6 2020 11:52 AM

Best Answer RushmoreAnts , May 6 2020 - 11:55 AM

Another Formica sp. And also, you don't have to say you're requesting an ID on Imgur, as pretty much all Imgurians hate ants. You really have to make them look appealing to not be ridiculed. Just a title such as 'ant' would suffice.

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#1 Offline MinigunL5 - Posted May 6 2020 - 11:52 AM

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I need an ID real bad.

1. I found these in my yard under a a rock near Worcester MA.
2. The pictures were taken around noon on May 6th 2020
3. It was under some trees connected to a tiny forest behind my house
4. Not sure, definitely under 1 cm probably over 5 mm
5. The color but some of the ones I didn't get pics of were lighter and some were darker.
6. They lived under a rock.
7. Distinguishing behavior: None
8. Nest description: I just found a bunch under a rock.

9. Nuptial flight time and date: idk

[Images of ant]

https://imgur.com/gallery/Co44QPi

#2 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted May 6 2020 - 11:54 AM

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Could be some kind of Formica. Maybe neogagates.

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#3 Offline ponerinecat - Posted May 6 2020 - 11:54 AM

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Formica

#4 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted May 6 2020 - 11:55 AM Best Answer

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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

#5 Offline MinigunL5 - Posted May 6 2020 - 12:02 PM

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Another Formica sp. And also, you don't have to say you're requesting an ID on Imgur, as pretty much all Imgurians hate ants. You really have to make them look appealing to not be ridiculed. Just a title such as 'ant' would suffice.

lol ok