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Pure Gold Ant or Preservative?

Started By Leptomyrmx , Jun 7 2022 5:36 PM

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#1 Offline Leptomyrmx - Posted June 7 2022 - 5:36 PM

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I was looking through AntWeb trying to ID my Podomyrma when I saw this amazing looking golden ant: Species: Podomyrma lampros - AntWeb

I know that 'lambros' means 'shining' in Greek, but this ant just doesn't look... real... There's a different specimen that isn't gold which makes me think that the gold is some sort of preservative or perhaps a paint that makes the texture of the ant stand out. Does anyone know what it is?


My Ants:

Colonies: Camponotus humilior 1w, Opisthopsis rufithorax 11w, Aphaenogaster longiceps ~5w, Pheidole sp. ~235w ~15m, Iridomyrmex sp. 2q 1w, Brachyponera lutea 6w, Crematogaster sp. ~20w, Podomyrma sp. 1w

Queens: Polyrhachis cf. robinsoni, Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) sp. (likely infertile)

Previously Kept: Colobopsis gasseri, Technomyrmex sp., Rhytidoponera victorae, Nylanderia cf. rosae, Myrmecia brevinoda/forficata, Polyrhachis australis, Solenopsis/Monomorium

Key: Q = Queen, W = Worker, M = Major

Youtube Channel: Ants of Sydney - YouTube

Patreon (for YouTube channel): https://www.patreon.com/antsofsydney

#2 Offline CheetoLord02 - Posted June 7 2022 - 5:45 PM

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it's a coating, iirc for use with electron microscopes. I might be wrong about that, but I know it's a coating and not the way the ant actually looks.


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#3 Offline Zeiss - Posted June 7 2022 - 6:07 PM

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As Cheeto said, specimens will be coated in metal so that they can use electron microscopes to create extremely detailed images of small insects.


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#4 Offline Leptomyrmx - Posted June 7 2022 - 6:13 PM

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it's a coating, iirc for use with electron microscopes. I might be wrong about that, but I know it's a coating and not the way the ant actually looks.

 

As Cheeto said, specimens will be coated in metal so that they can use electron microscopes to create extremely detailed images of small insects.

 

Thanks. That makes sense, explains why it covers the eyes. Kind of disappointing though... at least there's Polyrhachis andromache.


My Ants:

Colonies: Camponotus humilior 1w, Opisthopsis rufithorax 11w, Aphaenogaster longiceps ~5w, Pheidole sp. ~235w ~15m, Iridomyrmex sp. 2q 1w, Brachyponera lutea 6w, Crematogaster sp. ~20w, Podomyrma sp. 1w

Queens: Polyrhachis cf. robinsoni, Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) sp. (likely infertile)

Previously Kept: Colobopsis gasseri, Technomyrmex sp., Rhytidoponera victorae, Nylanderia cf. rosae, Myrmecia brevinoda/forficata, Polyrhachis australis, Solenopsis/Monomorium

Key: Q = Queen, W = Worker, M = Major

Youtube Channel: Ants of Sydney - YouTube

Patreon (for YouTube channel): https://www.patreon.com/antsofsydney

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