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Can I get a RIP for this queen.

Started By TechAnt , Jun 29 2020 9:39 AM

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#1 Offline TechAnt - Posted June 29 2020 - 9:39 AM

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RIP Queen that was IDed as Pheidole Vistana, reason of death: Argentines.

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My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#2 Offline Froggy - Posted June 29 2020 - 9:41 AM

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R.I.P. Pheidole queen 2020-2020


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#3 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted June 29 2020 - 10:25 AM

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RIP


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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

 

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Tetramorium immigrans

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

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

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#4 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 29 2020 - 10:43 AM

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#5 Offline Canadant - Posted June 29 2020 - 11:04 AM

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Trumpets here. RIP. Hopefully a speedy death. 


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#6 Offline Temperateants - Posted June 29 2020 - 11:07 AM

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RIP. Also, why did the argentines remove the legs, not eat the more nutricious gaster and thorax?


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#7 Offline TechAnt - Posted June 29 2020 - 11:10 AM

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RIP. Also, why did the argentines remove the legs, not eat the more nutricious gaster and thorax?

I dunno, I just saw her getting her legs get pulled off onto the sand, where they took them into a bush. They were carrying the rest of the body though slower. Then I got a stick and got the poor queen. I was gonna record it but I wanted to see if I could still save her, sadly no :(.

If only I had been there a few minutes before I could have got her.

Edited by TechAnt, June 29 2020 - 11:14 AM.

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My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#8 Offline FSTP - Posted June 30 2020 - 8:03 AM

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That’s to bad you couldn’t save her, valiant effort though. That’s one of my favorite sp of Pheidole

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#9 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted June 30 2020 - 9:05 AM

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Judging by the missing legs, I think the argentines gave her a RIP too.


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#10 Offline ponerinecat - Posted June 30 2020 - 10:34 AM

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RIP. Also, why did the argentines remove the legs, not eat the more nutricious gaster and thorax?

I dunno, I just saw her getting her legs get pulled off onto the sand, where they took them into a bush. They were carrying the rest of the body though slower. Then I got a stick and got the poor queen. I was gonna record it but I wanted to see if I could still save her, sadly no :(.

If only I had been there a few minutes before I could have got her.

 

Argentines simply kill like that. Youll see that pretty much every ant they kill gets dismembered, the argentines will pull on the prey and spread eagle them, ripping off the limbs. When my Formica got attacked all workers had their antennae and legs removed, queen had both antennae clipped.

 


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#11 Offline Temperateants - Posted June 30 2020 - 10:54 AM

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Judging by the missing legs, I think the argentines gave her a RIP too.

Rip in pieces. NIcenicenicenicenice


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#12 Offline treehunned - Posted July 15 2020 - 6:14 AM

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RIP o7


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