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Started By Crazycow , May 4 2021 12:08 PM
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#1 Offline Crazycow - Posted May 4 2021 - 12:08 PM

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1. Location (on a map) of collection: Wenatchee Washington 
2. Date of collection: May 4th 2021
3. Habitat of collection: my backyard under a planter
4. Length (from head to gaster): not sure
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture:  it is a orange and black kinda color 
6. Distinguishing characteristics:  it has a lard thorax and possible wing scars 
7. Distinguishing behavior: none
8. Nest description:  testtube

9. Nuptial flight time and date: i found it making its chamber on may 4th but idk the nuptial time or date 

 
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#2 Offline Chickalo - Posted May 4 2021 - 12:12 PM

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Myrmica, perhaps?


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シグナチャーです。예.

 

#3 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted May 4 2021 - 12:18 PM

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Myrmica, perhaps?

I second this. You most likely won't get it down to species level without a microscope.


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#4 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 7 2021 - 3:50 AM

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Kinda looks like a myrmica sp. microgyne. I'm not too sure tho so please correct me if wrong

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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Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus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 Kaelwizard - Posted May 7 2021 - 3:52 AM

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Kinda looks like a myrmica sp. microgyne. I'm not too sure tho so please correct me if wrong

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Looks like a normal queen to me. I doubt anyone can tell when it isn’t next to another queen though. Especially since we don't know what species it is.


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#6 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 7 2021 - 3:52 AM

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Kinda looks like a myrmica sp. microgyne. I'm not too sure tho so please correct me if wrong

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Looks like a normal queen to me. I doubt anyone can tell when it isn’t next to another queen though.
True, true.


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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.

#7 Offline Crazycow - Posted May 7 2021 - 8:15 AM

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Kinda looks like a myrmica sp. microgyne. I'm not too sure tho so please correct me if wrong

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Looks like a normal queen to me. I doubt anyone can tell when it isn’t next to another queen though.
True, true.


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I have 4 of them now all the same size and color and they are all in the same test tube and have started laying eggs. I found all of them under planters looking for / building a caustral chamber.
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#8 Offline Crazycow - Posted May 7 2021 - 8:22 AM

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Kinda looks like a myrmica sp. microgyne. I'm not too sure tho so please correct me if wrong

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I looked up the thing you said it might be and it is very small similar to the microgyne but dose that mean they won’t make a normal colony bc they are parasitic or will they still make a normal colony just like a normal queen?
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#9 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 7 2021 - 6:39 PM

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Kinda looks like a myrmica sp. microgyne. I'm not too sure tho so please correct me if wrong

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I looked up the thing you said it might be and it is very small similar to the microgyne but dose that mean they won’t make a normal colony bc they are parasitic or will they still make a normal colony just like a normal queen?
I'm not too sure because I don't know much on ants outside of southeast Asia

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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.

#10 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 7 2021 - 6:40 PM

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Kinda looks like a myrmica sp. microgyne. I'm not too sure tho so please correct me if wrong

Sent from my CPH2201 using Tapatalk

Looks like a normal queen to me. I doubt anyone can tell when it isn’t next to another queen though.
True, true.


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I have 4 of them now all the same size and color and they are all in the same test tube and have started laying eggs. I found all of them under planters looking for / building a caustral chamber.
Then they are prolly able to found normally

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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.

#11 Offline Crazycow - Posted May 8 2021 - 8:20 AM

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Kinda looks like a myrmica sp. microgyne. I'm not too sure tho so please correct me if wrong

Sent from my CPH2201 using Tapatalk

Looks like a normal queen to me. I doubt anyone can tell when it isn’t next to another queen though.
True, true.


Sent from my CPH2201 using Tapatalk
I have 4 of them now all the same size and color and they are all in the same test tube and have started laying eggs. I found all of them under planters looking for / building a caustral chamber.
Then they are prolly able to found normally

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ok thank you.


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