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Formica id 4/24/21 Aurora Colorado

Started By Antkeeper01 , Apr 24 2021 6:25 PM
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Best Answer NickAnter , April 25 2021 - 1:09 PM

This is not gnava. gnava is not a shiny species. You cannot ID these down to species with those photos. If I were to take a guess, I would go with F. neogagates, or F. lasioides.

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#1 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted April 24 2021 - 6:25 PM

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Location of collection: Aurora Colorado

 Date of collection: 4/24/21 

Habitat of collection: Grass, the hill was in a cylinder shape Length;

Length: 1 cm for the queens and 3/4 cm for the workers

Coloration: queen has a distinct reddish thorax, in workers less distinct

Distinguishing characteristics: very rapid movements. 

Nest description: hill in cylinder shape it was around an inch tall of normal dirt


 

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Edited by Antkeeper01, April 24 2021 - 7:00 PM.

1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted April 24 2021 - 6:47 PM

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We won’t be able to ID without a picture. You need to be on PC to upload one.
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/

#3 Offline NickAnter - Posted April 24 2021 - 6:53 PM

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We won’t be able to ID without a picture. You need to be on PC to upload one.

You can upload from mobile via a separate site such as imgur. Its supremely simple, actually, you just copy it to clipboard, and paste the link into the post. It'll embed automatically. :)


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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). 

#4 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted April 24 2021 - 7:01 PM

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oops this was the orriginal post so it didn't upload the pics


1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#5 Offline NPLT - Posted April 24 2021 - 11:51 PM

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My ID'ing skills are not the best, but through some fun with image google search it directed me towards Formica gnava, but this ID is probably not correct, exact species aside, it looks like it's from the rufibarbis-group.

 

Edit: Why did you like it, I said the ID is probably not correct.


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Um, uh, Ants!

 

link to journal: https://www.formicul...lt-ant-journal/

#6 Offline smares - Posted April 25 2021 - 1:29 AM

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Did you dig up this colony?

#7 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted April 25 2021 - 5:13 AM

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Did you dig up this colony?

yes


1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

My Youtube channel: https://www.youtube....kUjx-dPFMyVqOLw

 

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#8 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted April 25 2021 - 6:45 AM

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My ID'ing skills are not the best, but through some fun with image google search it directed me towards Formica gnava, but this ID is probably not correct, exact species aside, it looks like it's from the rufibarbis-group.

I'm not sure that you would be able to get to species level with these pictures., but who knows, perhaps you are right.


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#9 Offline NPLT - Posted April 25 2021 - 7:47 AM

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My ID'ing skills are not the best, but through some fun with image google search it directed me towards Formica gnava, but this ID is probably not correct, exact species aside, it looks like it's from the rufibarbis-group.

I'm not sure that you would be able to get to species level with these pictures., but who knows, perhaps you are right.

 

That's why I said that the ID is probably not correct, I was just saying what google image search thought it was looking at ( after it told me about parasitism and fire ants of course ), the only thing I'm sure of is that the ants in the picture probably belong to Rufibarbis-group.


Um, uh, Ants!

 

link to journal: https://www.formicul...lt-ant-journal/

#10 Offline NickAnter - Posted April 25 2021 - 1:09 PM   Best Answer

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This is not gnava. gnava is not a shiny species. You cannot ID these down to species with those photos. If I were to take a guess, I would go with F. neogagates, or F. lasioides.


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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 ANTdrew - Posted April 25 2021 - 4:51 PM

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You’ll need a microscope and a prayer to ID these.
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