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Hairiest Ant?

Started By MinigunL5 , Nov 17 2020 5:42 AM

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#1 Offline MinigunL5 - Posted November 17 2020 - 5:42 AM

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Idrk what ant hairs are made of but which ant species is covered with them the most? Also which ant species has the longest one?


#2 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted November 17 2020 - 5:46 AM

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you have formica, camponotus, pogonomyrmex but the saharan silver ants are the coolest and i think hairiest, at least I think so. they use their hair to basically reflect heat off of them and are the fastest ants in the world. good luck catching a queen though because they live in deserts and are zoomer bois.


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#3 Offline Manitobant - Posted November 17 2020 - 9:05 AM

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Echinopla melanarctos is definitely one of the hairiest. Its also one of the cutest ants out there.



Echinopla melanarctos

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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/

#4 Offline ZTYguy - Posted November 17 2020 - 9:17 AM

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you have formica, camponotus, pogonomyrmex but the saharan silver ants are the coolest and i think hairiest, at least I think so. they use their hair to basically reflect heat off of them and are the fastest ants in the world. good luck catching a queen though because they live in deserts and are zoomer bois.

Those are super zoomer bois. 


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#5 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted November 17 2020 - 9:25 AM

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Polyrachis is kind of velvety.


#6 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted November 18 2020 - 10:16 AM

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The scanning electron photos of the Saharan silver ant (Cataglyphis bombycina) are pretty impressive.

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Formiculture Journals::

Veromessor pergandei, andrei; Novomessor cockerelli

Camponotus fragilis; also separate journal: Camponotus sansabeanus (inactive), vicinus, laevigatus/quercicola

Liometopum occidentale;  Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus (inactive)

Pogonomyrmex subnitidus and californicus (inactive)

Tetramorium sp.

Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis

 

Isopods: A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus

Spoods: Phidippus sp.

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