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Queen Ants From Los Angeles ID Please

Started By YoungMillie , Jul 19 2021 4:30 PM

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#1 Offline YoungMillie - Posted July 19 2021 - 4:30 PM

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Hey There! I'm new to ant keeping and would like to get an ID on these queens I caught last night. If anyone has an idea of what species they are please let me know. If More pictures are needed, I can upload more.

Much appreciated. 

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#2 Offline DaAnt - Posted July 19 2021 - 4:43 PM

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I’m a noob ant keeper so this might be wrong but if I had to put money on a species I would put it on the Argentinian ant.


#3 Offline eea - Posted July 19 2021 - 4:56 PM

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I agree looks like an argentine ant (linepithema humile)


#4 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted July 19 2021 - 5:05 PM

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U sure guys? Looks more like a brachymyrmex or Plagioplepis species to me

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#5 Offline eea - Posted July 19 2021 - 5:20 PM

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U sure guys? Looks more like a brachymyrmex or Plagioplepis species to me

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U sure guys? Looks more like a brachymyrmex or Plagioplepis species to me

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i think you're right, the head looks like the one of a brachymyrmex and argentine ant queen gasters have a flat top


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#6 Offline Manitobant - Posted July 19 2021 - 5:23 PM

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Brachymyrmex patagonicus queen. I don’t know how people got this wrong, argentines look very different.
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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/

#7 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted July 19 2021 - 5:23 PM

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U sure guys? Looks more like a brachymyrmex or Plagioplepis species to me

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U sure guys? Looks more like a brachymyrmex or Plagioplepis species to me

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i think you're right, the head looks like the one of a brachymyrmex and argentine ant queen gasters have a flat top
And Argentines also have small gasters.

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#8 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted July 19 2021 - 5:25 PM

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Brachymyrmex patagonicus queen. I don’t know how people got this wrong, argentines look very different.

Yea once you see an Argentine you know whenever you see another. But I do still think Plagioplepis is a possibility cuz Plagioplepis queens are also tiny and look similar to brachymyrmex.

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#9 Offline Manitobant - Posted July 19 2021 - 6:14 PM

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Brachymyrmex patagonicus queen. I don’t know how people got this wrong, argentines look very different.

Yea once you see an Argentine you know whenever you see another. But I do still think Plagioplepis is a possibility cuz Plagioplepis queens are also tiny and look similar to brachymyrmex.
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plagiolepis aren’t in North America, except for alluaudi, which is a global invasive and only present in south florida.
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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/

#10 Offline NickAnter - Posted July 19 2021 - 6:36 PM

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Brachymyrmex patagonicus. Quite common in urban and suburban areas here in Southern California.


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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). 

#11 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted July 19 2021 - 7:15 PM

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Yup, Brachymyrmex


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#12 Offline AlexLebedev - Posted July 20 2021 - 7:05 PM

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brachymyrmex how did people get this wrong  :facepalm:


What i am keeping Brachymyrmex patagonicus 1 worker x5 tetramorium immigrans 10 workers x2 lasius crypticus 5 workers Pheidole californica 6 queens150~ workers 10-30 majors, Formica argentea 10~ W

 

 

What I've kept crematogaster sp pheidole californica camponotus vicinus high elev, dumetorum,laevigatus, prenolepis imparis, pogonomyrmex californicus and subnitidus and californicus, veromessor andrei, camponotus sayi, hypoponera opacior ,Liometopum occidentale solnopsis molesta group, solenopsis xyloni.

#13 Offline YoungMillie - Posted July 21 2021 - 8:42 PM

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Wow! Thank you guys for the info. I'm super happy to hopefully have a colony of Brachymyrmex!! I'll keep you all informed as to how they are doing in the near future. Thanks again


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