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Ant found in Newark, Delaware 6-28-2021


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#1 Offline drawpositive - Posted June 29 2021 - 8:13 PM

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1. Location (on a map) of collection: Newark, Delaware

2. Date of collection: June 28, 2021
3. Habitat of collection: front yard, on the driveway
4. Length (from head to gaster): 
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: dark brown, almost black
6. Distinguishing characteristics: 
7. Distinguishing behavior: chewing at the cotton once put in the test tube setup
8. Nest description: unknown
9. Nuptial flight time and date: n/a, but caught in the mid-morning; had wings initially, once she was put in a test tube she drank a lot of water then immediately proceeded to remove her wings

 

*my apologies for that annoying line of "shine" in the middle of these photos.  I tried to get a good image of the side of her waist as well as a head-on look at her face

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#2 Offline SYUTEO - Posted June 29 2021 - 9:03 PM

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My guess is that it's either Pheidole or Tetramorium.


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#3 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted June 30 2021 - 12:58 AM

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Crematogaster sp

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

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Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): Camponotus irritans inferior, Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, Nylanderia sp., Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp.,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

#4 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 30 2021 - 1:33 AM

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I second Crematogaster. Perhaps ashmeadi if she’s this early.
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#5 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted June 30 2021 - 2:16 AM

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Crematogaster for sure.
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