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#1 Offline SYUTEO - Posted January 18 2023 - 7:56 PM

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So, after a bit of discussion on this topic. I decided to make this thread to sort of experiment if more threads like this would make the forum more popular.

 

Post a picture of an ant and everyone will have to guess what species is it; also don't post your unidentified queen here, this is not an identification thread.

 

I got this idea from wildwiselizard from the ACAF so credit to him.


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#2 Offline antsriondel - Posted January 19 2023 - 6:44 AM

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Really great idea! Here is mine:

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 Sorry for the trashy quality, this is a very old photo and I thought I might as well try it.



#3 Offline LowQualityAnts - Posted January 19 2023 - 10:28 AM

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Camponotus Pennsylvanicus or neararcticus?

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#4 Offline antsriondel - Posted January 19 2023 - 10:54 AM

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Camponotus Pennsylvanicus or neararcticus?

Close...



#5 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted January 19 2023 - 11:28 AM

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I'll post one:

 

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Edited by ColAnt735, January 19 2023 - 11:33 AM.

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


#6 Offline OiledOlives - Posted January 19 2023 - 1:41 PM

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Diseased molesta?

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#7 Offline UtahAnts - Posted January 19 2023 - 2:05 PM

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Really great idea! Here is mine:

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 Sorry for the trashy quality, this is a very old photo and I thought I might as well try it.

Camponotus sansabeanus, Ca02 or vicinus?

 
Here's a couple:
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#8 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted January 19 2023 - 2:40 PM

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Diseased molesta?

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Its a cool molesta variant in my area.


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


#9 Offline antsriondel - Posted January 19 2023 - 3:23 PM

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Really great idea! Here is mine:

attachicon.gifIMG_1470.JPG

 

 Sorry for the trashy quality, this is a very old photo and I thought I might as well try it.

Camponotus sansabeanus, Ca02 or vicinus?

 
Here's a couple:

 

Close once again... Also I must guess, hhhm, first photo is some kind of Pheidole, and the second is looking a lot like Lasius americanus.


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#10 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted January 19 2023 - 5:21 PM

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


#11 Offline antsriondel - Posted January 19 2023 - 5:24 PM

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Camponotus modoc.

Correct! 


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#12 Offline SYUTEO - Posted January 21 2023 - 6:04 PM

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Since I made this thread, I figured I should post one.

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Those of you who have been following my journal for a long time should know what species these are. :)


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#13 Offline CAantz - Posted January 26 2023 - 9:57 AM

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Tapinoma Sessile?



#14 Offline SYUTEO - Posted January 26 2023 - 5:08 PM

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Tapinoma Sessile?

Nope, it's not even in the same subfamily.


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#15 Offline antsriondel - Posted January 26 2023 - 5:12 PM

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Paratrechina longicorns? This is the only thing that comes to mind, but I may be wrong.  :thinking:



#16 Offline SYUTEO - Posted January 26 2023 - 5:44 PM

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Paratrechina longicorns? This is the only thing that comes to mind, but I may be wrong.  :thinking:

Still no but you're getting a bit closer.


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#17 Offline antsriondel - Posted January 26 2023 - 5:52 PM

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Paratrechina longicorns? This is the only thing that comes to mind, but I may be wrong.  :thinking:

Still no but you're getting a bit closer.

 

Edit:Yeah ColAnt735 is correct.   :D


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#18 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted January 26 2023 - 8:16 PM

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Lepisiota sp. too blurry to pin  which species. My second guess is Nylanderia.


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


#19 Offline SYUTEO - Posted January 29 2023 - 5:49 AM

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Lepisiota sp. too blurry to pin  which species. My second guess is Nylanderia.

Correct! They are Lepisiota rothneyi.


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#20 Offline Flu1d - Posted January 29 2023 - 9:15 AM

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Fairly easy genus, but can you also guess the species? (Is it fair to not add where it was collected, but throw it out as a hint if no one can guess it or if someone asks?)

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