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June 9 2021 - Jacksonville FL fungal farmer?


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#1 Offline RelientUKDr - Posted June 9 2021 - 4:19 AM

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Hi all!  I'm not sure if this is a drone or a queen, but it looks very fungal farmer-ish to me.  Any ideas?

 

1. Location (on a map) of collection: Jacksonville, FL
2. Date of collection: June 9
3. Habitat of collection: near recently cleared wooded area
4. Length (from head to gaster): 3-4 mm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: very rough texture all over, orange feet, black wings
6. Distinguishing characteristics: mesosomal spines, petiole and post petiole, bumps (tubercles?) on back and head
7. Distinguishing behavior: very erratic and fast moving
 



#2 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted June 9 2021 - 4:19 AM

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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Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): Camponotus irritans inferior, Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, Nylanderia sp., Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp.,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.




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