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Ant ID..once again.

Started By Scolwell06 , Jun 14 2022 6:57 PM

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#1 Offline Scolwell06 - Posted June 14 2022 - 6:57 PM

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1. Location (on a map) of collection: East Tennessee
2. Date of collection: 6/3/22
3. Habitat of collection: Found on sidewalk
4. Length (from head to gaster): 9mm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: Black
6. Distinguishing characteristics:
7. Distinguishing behavior:
8. Nest description:

9. Nuptial flight time and date:

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My grandson found this to add to his collection. She has a clutch of eggs already , hard to spot in the photo.

Edited by Scolwell06, June 14 2022 - 7:14 PM.

#2 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted June 14 2022 - 7:01 PM

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Tetramorium immigrans. This species is great for beginners great find!


"If an ant carries an object a hundred times it's weight,you can carry burdens many times your size.

#3 Offline Scolwell06 - Posted June 14 2022 - 7:17 PM

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Thank you so much. He also has this one that too me looks like the same one, but he insists there's a difference.
https://photos.app.g...3yDVHnU5RBtNH37

#4 Offline Manitobant - Posted June 14 2022 - 10:08 PM

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That one appears to be lasius interjectus, a parasitic species.
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/

#5 Offline Scolwell06 - Posted June 14 2022 - 10:35 PM

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Well I guess he was correct. He has five queen ants in test tubes now. He also has a queen with a few workers in a little container. Now he wants to place the parasitic one with them to watch what happens. I told him that's probably not how it works but we will research it together.

#6 Offline ZTYguy - Posted June 14 2022 - 10:40 PM

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Nah just steal some pupae from the colony. If it is a Lasius colony


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#7 Offline Manitobant - Posted June 15 2022 - 7:51 AM

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Unless the small colony with workers is a lasius species, it will not work. Try to get some callows (pale looking workers) from a lasius colony and introduce them to the queen.

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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/

#8 Offline NicholasP - Posted June 21 2022 - 3:42 PM

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Tetramorium immigrans. This species is great for beginners great find!

I'm sorry but I have to say this is not a great species for beginners. They're literally a trash compactor. They eat anything and everything, grow very fast very quickly, are extremely capable escape artists, and are sometimes aggressive.


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#9 Offline DDD101DDD - Posted June 21 2022 - 4:55 PM

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Tetramorium immigrans. This species is great for beginners great find!

I'm sorry but I have to say this is not a great species for beginners. They're literally a trash compactor. They eat anything and everything, grow very fast very quickly, are extremely capable escape artists, and are sometimes aggressive.

 

For the most part those are positives. At least they don't run quickly.


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He travels, he seeks the p a r m e s a n.

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