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Ant ID please...

Started By NDantwatcher , Jun 4 2015 1:12 PM

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#1 Offline NDantwatcher - Posted June 4 2015 - 1:12 PM

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I haven't collected a queen, but that is my goal. Don't know if it'll happen, but I see these beautiful ants right outside my place of work everyday.
1. Location of collection: Mandaree, ND
2. Date of collection: 6/4/2015
3. Habitat of collection: nesting in rocky blacktop and concrete.
4. Length (from head to gaster):5mm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: orangey red, beige/black to gold gaster
6. Distinguishing characteristics: in sunlight they look like tiny walking gold nuggets.
7. Anything else distinctive: very docile, can pick up and mess with them but still remain calm.
8. Nest description: prefer to live under blacktop and concrete.

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#2 Offline Jonathan21700 - Posted June 4 2015 - 1:19 PM

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Formica sp.


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#3 Offline Crystals - Posted June 4 2015 - 1:49 PM

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Can you get a good side picture?


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#4 Offline NDantwatcher - Posted June 4 2015 - 3:08 PM

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Tonight or tomorrow morning I can post other pics. I work the night shift. Thank you all.

#5 Offline NDantwatcher - Posted June 4 2015 - 10:03 PM

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These are the best I could do. My ipad didn't do better with the pics....hope this helps

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#6 Offline Ants4fun - Posted June 5 2015 - 4:46 AM

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Maybe formica montana? I see these ants pretty often as well.
And welcome from South Dakota!

#7 Offline NDantwatcher - Posted June 5 2015 - 11:42 AM

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Thank you!

#8 Offline WeatherAnt - Posted June 6 2015 - 6:59 PM

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Maybe formica montana? I see these ants pretty often as well.
And welcome from South Dakota!

 

Yeah Dakotas! Greetings from Eastern ND! 

 

As for the ants ... I only see those in Theodore Roosevelt Nat'l Park ... Formica montana I always thought was a bit darker, and not as reddish as these are.


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