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is this even an ant?

Started By NancyZamora4991 , Aug 27 2021 4:15 PM

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#1 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted August 27 2021 - 4:15 PM

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there were tons of these everywhere and I caught two I was thinking a termite

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#2 Offline futurebird - Posted August 27 2021 - 4:32 PM

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If there is no elbow in the antene and no itty bitty waist then it's not an ant. 


Starting this July I'm posting videos of my ants every week on youTube.

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#3 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted August 27 2021 - 4:36 PM

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I looked up termites and they look the same


#4 Offline eea - Posted August 27 2021 - 4:39 PM

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looks like a termite


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#5 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted August 27 2021 - 4:45 PM

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I have both in a little cup and I think they are following each other


#6 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted August 27 2021 - 4:47 PM

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I don't know anything about termites


#7 Offline KadinB - Posted August 27 2021 - 4:48 PM

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I have both in a little cup and I think they are following each other

Ohhhh sick! That means you caught a pair. That's what they do when they find they're mate.


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#8 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted August 27 2021 - 4:50 PM

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I can show you a vid of what's happening.


#9 Offline KadinB - Posted August 27 2021 - 4:55 PM

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Sure


#10 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted August 27 2021 - 5:04 PM

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how do I post a video


#11 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted August 27 2021 - 5:05 PM

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they aren't really moving they are just next to each other


#12 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted August 27 2021 - 5:07 PM

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I had no test tubes so I grabbed a pen and put them inside


#13 Offline KadinB - Posted August 27 2021 - 5:08 PM

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they aren't really moving they are just next to each other

If they are trailing behind each other then they are pairs. I remember last year they had a MASSIVE flight here. I saw 100s everywhere in my town. Really cool to see. I plan on catching a ton and making some sort of mega colony and sell some extras to for people to have. 


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#14 Offline futurebird - Posted August 27 2021 - 5:35 PM

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I have both in a little cup and I think they are following each other

Ohhhh sick! That means you caught a pair. That's what they do when they find they're mate.

 

i cry every tim  <3

tru love  :howlovely:


Starting this July I'm posting videos of my ants every week on youTube.

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#15 Offline FSTP - Posted August 27 2021 - 5:37 PM

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its a cute little Termy. 

 

I named all my termites Dermy. Each one is named Dermy. Because it rhymes with Termy, also other reasons. 


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#16 Offline Manitobant - Posted August 27 2021 - 5:47 PM

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Unlike ants, termites have both a queen and a king, so in order to start a colony you need a pair.
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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/

#17 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted August 27 2021 - 5:49 PM

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they are just chilling right next to each other


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#18 Offline futurebird - Posted August 27 2021 - 5:50 PM

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seriously their little chase dance is so cute. 

 

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Starting this July I'm posting videos of my ants every week on youTube.

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If that sounds like your kind of thing... follow me >here<. 

#19 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 27 2021 - 6:35 PM

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Incisitermes minor, most likely.


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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). 

#20 Offline smares - Posted August 27 2021 - 8:09 PM

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Incisitermes minor, most likely.


How did you learn to ID so many species? Are you an Entomologist?

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