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#1 Offline wook - Posted October 20 2013 - 5:19 PM

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A long waited ant species arrived today out of nowhere. It's fall and on every nuptial flight chart, they say that this species had flight.

I was little disappointed, I thought I missed them, but, today, for no good reason, I went to see what they're doing, maybe take few photos of majors / super majors and return.

There is tens of nests in very small area, hole next to hole... few holes, had bigger concentration of workers, so I focused my attention and out of nowhere, there was a queen, wingless, amongst the workers.

I didn't had anything to collect her into, so I had to keep her in my hand until i come home, which went fine.

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(Messor structor gyne)

 

Since they are polygynous, I collected three workers too, minor, media and major, there was no super majors to be collected.

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(Messor structor media


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#2 Offline dspdrew - Posted October 20 2013 - 6:46 PM

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Lucky you.



#3 Offline wook - Posted October 22 2013 - 5:26 AM

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I really am! :)


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#4 Offline wook - Posted October 22 2013 - 10:37 AM

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(Messor structor queen with workers)


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#5 Offline Victor - Posted December 31 2013 - 4:28 AM

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You are a lucky dog!

#6 Offline wook - Posted January 4 2014 - 4:32 AM

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Hahahaha, no, I am not a dog, i am a wolf :D


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