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If you could keep any ant, what would it be?

Started By Swirlysnowflake , Oct 15 2020 11:09 PM

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#1 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted October 15 2020 - 11:09 PM

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Not sure if there already is a thread like this...

Just curious what ants other people would want to keep (any ant from anywhere in the world)

I would definitely want some ant from Australia, they have the coolest species. Probably would keep Myrmecia. 

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#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 16 2020 - 2:30 AM

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There was a thread on this.
I’d actually be a king termite.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#3 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted October 16 2020 - 3:12 AM

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Not sure if there already is a thread like this...

Just curious what ants other people would want to keep (any ant from anywhere in the world)

I would definitely want some ant from Australia, they have the coolest species. Probably would keep Myrmecia. 

:)

There's been like 5 this year.


#4 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted October 16 2020 - 5:08 AM

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I’d actually be a king termite.

It was 'keep', not 'be'.
 


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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

#5 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 16 2020 - 6:06 AM

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Woops. I wasn't fully caffeinated yet when I read that. In either case, we've had multiple threads on the topic already.


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"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 NickAnter - Posted October 16 2020 - 6:21 AM

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Woops. I wasn't fully caffeinated yet when I read that. In either case, we've had multiple threads on the topic already.

:lol:  Yep, this is like number 8 on the "favorite ant thread" list.


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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). 

#7 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted October 16 2020 - 8:42 AM

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oh lollllll


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#8 Offline Manitobant - Posted October 16 2020 - 10:58 AM

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Back on topic, I'd keep solenopsis geminata or some type of army ant like labidus coecus.
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#9 Offline Somethinghmm - Posted October 16 2020 - 11:18 AM

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I would keep Dorymyrmex insanus. It's a really fun, awkward, and unique species.


#10 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted October 16 2020 - 11:28 AM

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i would say Cephalotes atratus (darth vader ants)


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#11 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 16 2020 - 1:35 PM

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I'll make a list:

  1. Atta mexicana
  2. Pheidole rhea
  3. Carebara affinis
  4. Cephalotes varians
  5. Myrmecia spp.
  6. Daceton armigerum
  7. Labidus coecus
  8. Mycetomoelerius spp.
  9. Acromyrmex octospinosus 
  10. Eciton burchellii

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#12 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 16 2020 - 2:00 PM

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Possible=
Nylanderia arenivaga
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis

Impossible=
Pheidole rhea
Lasius niger
Lasius emarginatus
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#13 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 16 2020 - 3:11 PM

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Possible=
Nylanderia arenivaga
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis

Impossible=
Pheidole rhea
Lasius niger
Lasius emarginatus

Just get a PPQ526! :lol:


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#14 Offline Manitobant - Posted October 16 2020 - 4:15 PM

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Possible=
Nylanderia arenivaga
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis
Impossible=
Pheidole rhea
Lasius niger
Lasius emarginatus

Just get a PPQ526! :lol:
emarginatus and niger would be 100% impossible since niger is in europe and emarginatus is invasive. You'd literally need a hand written note from the president to import anything invasive.
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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/

#15 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 16 2020 - 4:19 PM

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Possible=
Nylanderia arenivaga
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis
Impossible=
Pheidole rhea
Lasius niger
Lasius emarginatus

Just get a PPQ526! :lol:
emarginatus and niger would be 100% impossible since niger is in europe and emarginatus is invasive. You'd literally need a hand written note from the president to import anything invasive.

 

In all honesty, our president would probably give him a hand written note lol.


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#16 Offline NickAnter - Posted October 16 2020 - 5:11 PM

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Ill list the ones I would like to keep that are native to the US:

Camponotus schaeferri

Camponotus ulcerosus

Camponotus laevigatus

Camponotus festinatus

Lasius occidentalis

Myrmecocystus mendax

Myrmecocystus mexicanus

Formica wheeleri

Pheidole rhea

Pheidole militicida

Pheidole tepicana

Acromyrmex versicolor

Atta mexicana

Aphaeongaster huachcana

Liometopum apiculatum

Camponotus mina

All these are native to AZ.


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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). 

#17 Offline BlueLance213 - Posted October 16 2020 - 7:38 PM

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Saharan Silver Ants, cuz they looks awesome XD


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#18 Offline ZTYguy - Posted October 16 2020 - 8:04 PM

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I would say Myrmecia pyroformis, A. versicolor, or Myrmeconema neotropicum.


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#19 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted October 16 2020 - 9:22 PM

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I would probably want Myrmecocystus Mendax just because how rare they are in California 


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#20 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted October 17 2020 - 12:55 PM

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Opisthopsis. Any species.
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