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Local trail Fungus Grower?

Started By M_Ants , Jul 31 2020 8:59 PM

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#1 Offline M_Ants - Posted July 31 2020 - 8:59 PM

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Hoping the white thing is fungus.


Edited by M_Ants, April 3 2024 - 5:46 PM.

Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

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#2 Offline M_Ants - Posted July 31 2020 - 9:19 PM

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Please help. I leave for a week tomorrow. I need to get them setup if they are even queens.


Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

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#3 Offline TechAnt - Posted July 31 2020 - 11:39 PM

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Looks like Cyphomhrmex sp. (fungus grower), Queen too.

Edited by TechAnt, July 31 2020 - 11:40 PM.

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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

#4 Offline Solenoqueen - Posted August 1 2020 - 2:03 AM

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Congratulations!


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#5 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 1 2020 - 7:38 AM

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One is a Cyphomyrmex queen(the first one) The other is a native desert Tetramorium sp. Congratulations on some pretty rare ants you found there!


Edited by NickAnter, August 1 2020 - 7:38 AM.

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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). 

#6 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted August 1 2020 - 7:47 AM

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Looks like Cyphomhrmex sp. (fungus grower), Queen too.

I third this.


"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 ponerinecat - Posted August 1 2020 - 7:50 AM

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Both are species I desperately want. The Cyphomyrmex is wheeleri, the Tetramorium is spinosum.


#8 Offline M_Ants - Posted August 1 2020 - 8:15 AM

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It was digging a hole though. Probably has no fungus.


Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

https://www.youtube....FG7utFVBA/about

#9 Offline M_Ants - Posted August 1 2020 - 8:17 AM

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I have it in a hydrostone formicarium with caterpillar poop and rose petals. Hopefully they don't rot.


Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

https://www.youtube....FG7utFVBA/about

#10 Offline Solenoqueen - Posted August 21 2020 - 5:10 PM

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Both are species I desperately want. The Cyphomyrmex is wheeleri, the Tetramorium is spinosum.


I know this is a bit late, and I don’t want to thaaaaaat guy but how did you ID the Cyphomyrmex? Just for future reference.

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#11 Offline ponerinecat - Posted August 22 2020 - 8:31 AM

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It's the "only" cyphomyrmex in california, very widespread. You can basically assume all cyphos you see are wheels. It is possible that we also have flavidus, but those can be easily distinguished by having rounded head corners, and if you really want to be sure, no teeth on the petiole.


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#12 Offline gcsnelling - Posted August 22 2020 - 3:36 PM

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C. flavidus has been collected once in California.

 

Key to the species in California.

 

                        KEY TO SPECIES OF California CYPHOMYRMEX                   

                                    workers & females

 1  Preocular carina not curved mesad in front of eye; apex

       of antennal scape not surpassing dorsolateral corner of

       head  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  wheeleri Forel

 

 -- Preocular carina curved mesad in front of eye; apex of

       antennal scape surpassing dorsolateral corner of head 

       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  flavidus Pergande


Edited by gcsnelling, August 23 2020 - 9:41 AM.

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