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Goose Creek, South Carolina. July 5, 2022

Started By Tai_pan1 , Jul 5 2022 12:53 PM

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#1 Offline Tai_pan1 - Posted July 5 2022 - 12:53 PM

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Can someone help me I’d this queen?

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1. Location of collection: found in my driveway. New residential area (2 yrs) with heavy pine woods a block away

2. Date of collection: July 5, afternoon.
3. Habitat of collection: concrete driveway in residential area
4. Length: 5/16 inch, 8mm
5. Coloration: black gaster, slightly lighter colored thorax, reddish head, light colored legs. Two bumps in the waist?

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Edited by Tai_pan1, July 5 2022 - 1:27 PM.

#2 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted July 5 2022 - 6:04 PM

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looks like Solenopsis invicta

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

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus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

#3 Offline Manitobant - Posted July 5 2022 - 7:16 PM

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Definitely solenopsis invicta. These guys are quite fun to keep until they suddenly aren’t…

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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/

#4 Offline LIExotics - Posted July 9 2022 - 9:54 AM

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Nice catch. I just caught 3 fertile queens the other day. Already laid eggs too. Congrats. Pavement ants are amazing and to keep. Just remember. They grow FAST. You'll have a colony of over 8000 in a year.

#5 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 9 2022 - 1:07 PM

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Nice catch. I just caught 3 fertile queens the other day. Already laid eggs too. Congrats. Pavement ants are amazing and to keep. Just remember. They grow FAST. You'll have a colony of over 8000 in a year.

These are not pavement ants. More like Tetramorium on steroids with anger issues.

Edited by ANTdrew, July 9 2022 - 2:01 PM.