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pogo with black/dark band around gaster

Started By AntsTexas , Aug 28 2015 8:00 AM

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#1 Offline AntsTexas - Posted August 28 2015 - 8:00 AM

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i hav some that have this, and some that don't.... 

 

 

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Edited by AntsTexas, August 28 2015 - 4:39 PM.

Ant Queens found:

 

Solenopsis Invicta,  Solenopsis xyloni,  Brachymyrmex depilis/Sp,  Myrmecocystus Mimicus,  Pogonomyrmex barbatus,

Forelius pruinosus,  Camponotus sayi, Dorymyrmex insanus, crematogaster ashmeadi,

 

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Ant Queens i have going right now:

 

camponotus sayi, solenopsis invicta, Myrmecocystus Mimicus, Forelius pruinosus

Pogonomyrmex barbatus, and some others (no i.d.)

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#2 Offline Works4TheGood - Posted August 28 2015 - 10:55 AM

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Is it just the angle/quality of the photo, or are the Petiole's completely different between the two?  If so, then they're different species.


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#3 Offline Crystals - Posted August 28 2015 - 11:19 AM

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It is the angle, the darker ant is facing down.  That is why you can't see the petiole.

 

Color variations between members of the same species is quite common, even in the same nest.  Even more so among queens, which is why it can be so hard to ID some queens.


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#4 Offline James C. Trager - Posted August 28 2015 - 11:32 AM

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Spelling note - It's  gaster.

 

This root also occurs in some genus names like  Crematogaster & (less familiar) Belonogaster.


#5 Offline AntsTexas - Posted August 28 2015 - 1:42 PM

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thanks, it's not the angle i can c it without the camera, the queens r Pogonomyrmex barbatus... ty for checking my spelling,

 

they r both pretty much the same way except the dark band gaster ( lol i spelled it right) queen has her head down


Edited by AntsTexas, August 28 2015 - 1:45 PM.

Ant Queens found:

 

Solenopsis Invicta,  Solenopsis xyloni,  Brachymyrmex depilis/Sp,  Myrmecocystus Mimicus,  Pogonomyrmex barbatus,

Forelius pruinosus,  Camponotus sayi, Dorymyrmex insanus, crematogaster ashmeadi,

 

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Ant Queens i have going right now:

 

camponotus sayi, solenopsis invicta, Myrmecocystus Mimicus, Forelius pruinosus

Pogonomyrmex barbatus, and some others (no i.d.)

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#6 Offline Crystals - Posted August 28 2015 - 1:57 PM

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thanks, it's not the angle i can c it without the camera, the queens r Pogonomyrmex barbatus...

I meant the angle was incorrect for Works4TheGood to clearly see the petiole.

 

Just a color difference.  It happens quite a bit in ant queens.


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#7 Offline AntsTexas - Posted August 28 2015 - 2:35 PM

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cool ,thanks


Ant Queens found:

 

Solenopsis Invicta,  Solenopsis xyloni,  Brachymyrmex depilis/Sp,  Myrmecocystus Mimicus,  Pogonomyrmex barbatus,

Forelius pruinosus,  Camponotus sayi, Dorymyrmex insanus, crematogaster ashmeadi,

 

----------------------------------------

Ant Queens i have going right now:

 

camponotus sayi, solenopsis invicta, Myrmecocystus Mimicus, Forelius pruinosus

Pogonomyrmex barbatus, and some others (no i.d.)

---------------------------------------

YouTube:  AntsTexas

 

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#8 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted August 28 2015 - 6:09 PM

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Are these not just color variations of Pogonomyrmex barbatus? Like how some Myrmecocystus mexicanus have striped gasters and some are all yellow?


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