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Need help identifying some ants

Started By SegaGenitals , Aug 19 2023 4:54 PM

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#1 Offline SegaGenitals - Posted August 19 2023 - 4:54 PM

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Gathered these on various nights in southwest of Tucson, AZ. I would say within a 3 week period so from circa July 28th until August 18th. The setup was a sheet around a ladder and a blacklight in the middle of the ladder. I don't have their measurements at this moment but I'll gather this tomorrow and update the post.

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#2 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted August 19 2023 - 5:22 PM

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Pretty sure #1, #3, and #6 are some species of Novomessor. #2 and #8 are in the genus Crematogaster. #4 and #7 may be Pheidole, and #5 and #9 are two different species of Camponotus. I'm not familiar with ants from your side of the world, so I probably got a few wrong or mixed up. Sorry I can't get them to a species ID either, this is the best I can do.

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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Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus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 Virginian_ants - Posted August 19 2023 - 6:19 PM

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Yes 1,3, and 6 are Novo's. 2, 8, and maybe 7 crematogaster. 5 is I think Camponotus Modoc and 9 is also Camponotus. 4 and maybe 7 are Pheidole. I'm not good at exact speices either.