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Mass 7/16/21

Started By Fitzysgto , Jul 16 2021 7:45 PM

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#1 Offline Fitzysgto - Posted July 16 2021 - 7:45 PM

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Tonight I tried out the Black light and found a bunch of these winged ants. What are they? they have pointed abdomens.

They are much smaller than carpenter ant queens.

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#2 Offline UtahAnts - Posted July 16 2021 - 9:04 PM

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Probably drones, did you find any queens nearby?

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#3 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted July 16 2021 - 9:51 PM

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Camponotus drones

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Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus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