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which angle? light level? filter? time of day? big or small nests? what exposure? geographic location?
please explain more
edit: no i don't have any pictures of monomorium/molesta
Edited by Scherme, January 15 2021 - 10:50 AM.
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which angle? light level? filter? time of day? big or small nests? what exposure? geographic location?
please explain more
edit: no i don't have any pictures of monomorium/molesta
from above, the other don't matter too much, i just need a general idea of the "pattern"/look they tend to make their nests
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I have seen thief ants make small mounds. They actually look quite similar to founding chambers. If it is not especially warm, I have even seen workers foraging above-ground. I am not sure this applies to Eastern species, as the common species in SoCal is not really identified properly.
Edited by NickAnter, January 15 2021 - 11:31 AM.
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).
Any particular species of Monomorium? I don't have any images of Monomorium nests that I know of, but I do know that anytime I've ever found M. minimum there's really no rhyme or reason to the nest. They're just kind of spread out everywhere. I find them under or inside rotting logs (usually very dry ones), under bark, in hollow twigs, and under rocks. I've seen floricola nesting in a hollow Sea Grape stick about 7 feet up.
As for Solenopsis molesta, I don't have any photos of a nest of the species, but I do have nest photos of related species, which I'll put below (I'll also put the species' names as well).
Solenopsis pergandei (FL)
Solenopsis molesta-group sp. (SC)
Solenopsis molesta-group sp. (VA)
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Camponotus chromaiodes, Camponotus nearcticus, Stigmatomma pallipes, Strumigenys brevisetosa, Strumigenys clypeata, Strumigenys louisianae, Strumigenys membranifera, Strumigenys reflexa, Strumigenys rostrata
I have seen thief ants make small mounds. They actually look quite similar to founding chambers. If it is not especially warm, I have even seen workers foraging above-ground. I am not sure this applies to Eastern species, as the common species in SoCal is not really identified properly.
In the east, workers do occasionally forage aboveground, and one species in the S. fugax-group, S. pergandei, does form mounds just before nuptial flights.
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Camponotus chromaiodes, Camponotus nearcticus, Stigmatomma pallipes, Strumigenys brevisetosa, Strumigenys clypeata, Strumigenys louisianae, Strumigenys membranifera, Strumigenys reflexa, Strumigenys rostrata
All the monomorium nests I have seen have large brood chambers for pupae, eggs, and larvae, with small tunnels connecting and multiple nest entrances.
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Edited by ANTdrew, January 15 2021 - 12:57 PM.
Any particular species of Monomorium? I don't have any images of Monomorium nests that I know of, but I do know that anytime I've ever found M. minimum there's really no rhyme or reason to the nest. They're just kind of spread out everywhere. I find them under or inside rotting logs (usually very dry ones), under bark, in hollow twigs, and under rocks. I've seen floricola nesting in a hollow Sea Grape stick about 7 feet up.
As for Solenopsis molesta, I don't have any photos of a nest of the species, but I do have nest photos of related species, which I'll put below (I'll also put the species' names as well).
Solenopsis pergandei (FL)
Solenopsis molesta-group sp. (SC)
Solenopsis molesta-group sp. (VA)
that's Pog
Most monomorium will make extremely small mounds, similar in shape to what you would see with lasius, albeit on a far smaller, flatter scale.
Now I only have inner nest composition experience with M. viridium, but I'll share nonetheless. 0.5-2 inches directly below the mound(s) will be a very large chamber containing all the pupae and final install larvae, occasionally with larger colonies you may see a queen or two in this shallow chamber, but it's rather uncommon. A little bit further below (1-4 inches) there will be a series of small, interconnected chambers containing all the queens and younger brood stages. Colonies of monomorium make extremely shallow nests, often less than 6 inches.
Solenopsis species up here will remain completely subterranean unless a colony reaches a very large size, in which case they may excavate tiny mounds, roughly the diameter and height of 2 dimes stacked on top of each other. Their nest structures are almost identical to that of monomorium, very shallow and compact.
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