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Columbia, Maryland, 7/21/20

Started By staylor1490 , Aug 1 2020 1:44 PM

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#1 Offline staylor1490 - Posted August 1 2020 - 1:44 PM

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Hi,

 

This queen was collected around 8 AM on a tennis court in a suburb with a few trees on 7/31/20 in Columbia, Maryland.

 

Length: 5 mm  

Dark brownish-red 

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#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted August 1 2020 - 2:18 PM

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Solenopsis molesta.
My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#3 Online ANTdrew - Posted August 1 2020 - 2:35 PM

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I second S. molesta.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#4 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 1 2020 - 2:36 PM

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molesta flies in the evening.


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). 

#5 Online ANTdrew - Posted August 1 2020 - 3:33 PM

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molesta flies in the evening.

Dealate could still be wandering on a large tennis court.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#6 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted August 1 2020 - 3:40 PM

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I second S. molesta.

I third this.


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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

#7 Offline staylor1490 - Posted August 1 2020 - 4:26 PM

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Thanks! Is this species polygynous or does one of the queens kill the others? Will the queens produce workers this year or will they have to hibernate?


#8 Offline AnthonyP163 - Posted August 1 2020 - 5:07 PM

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molesta flies in the evening.

True.

 

I believe this could be Solenopsis carolinensis, which I've personally observed flying in the morning.



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#9 Offline ponerinecat - Posted August 1 2020 - 6:39 PM

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Thanks! Is this species polygynous or does one of the queens kill the others? Will the queens produce workers this year or will they have to hibernate?

Likely will produce workers this year. They can be polygyne, and I've seen them do that in the wild, but pleometry is also common.


#10 Offline staylor1490 - Posted August 1 2020 - 8:05 PM

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Thanks! Is this species polygynous or does one of the queens kill the others? Will the queens produce workers this year or will they have to hibernate?

Likely will produce workers this year. They can be polygyne, and I've seen them do that in the wild, but pleometry is also common.

 

What's Pleometry?


#11 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 1 2020 - 8:13 PM

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He means pleometrosis, which is when the queens will cooperate in the beginnning, but will later be killed off, either by themselves, or the workers.


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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). 

#12 Offline staylor1490 - Posted August 2 2020 - 8:21 AM

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Ok thanks. I heard that this species has some very short lives queens, around 1 year of lifespan. Is that true in your experience?


#13 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted August 2 2020 - 8:53 AM

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Ok thanks. I heard that this species has some very short lives queens, around 1 year of lifespan. Is that true in your experience?

I've seen they can live for 3 years.


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