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Ant species emerges after 150 year underground

Started By RushmoreAnts , May 12 2020 6:40 AM

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#1 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted May 12 2020 - 6:40 AM

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In Utah, a new species was discovered by Jack Longino, called Strumigenys ananeotes. It was previously subterranean and extremely cryptic, yet irrigation has triggered it to come to the surface.

Ant expert discovers newly emergent species in his backyard: Irrigation and urban forest may have drawn long-hidden species to the surface -- ScienceDaily

It's a little outdated, but still interesting.

Edited by AntsDakota, May 12 2020 - 6:41 AM.

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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 Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted May 12 2020 - 6:47 AM

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this sounds like the imagine an ant ant that I imagined... Coincidence-i-think-not.jpg?fit=650%2C25

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