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Red-legged ant

Started By AntidepressAnt , May 2 2024 4:43 PM

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#1 Offline AntidepressAnt - Posted May 2 2024 - 4:43 PM

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I found this species in the same park as the arboreal ants from my last topic (https://www.formicul...sp/#entry239336). These were biggish (about 10 mm I'd say, but that's just a guess) ants with a black body and red legs, antennae and mandibles. They were plentiful there, but foraged singly, on the ground or on low vegetation. They seemed to have fairly good eyesight for an ant, from the way they reacted to me. Some sort of ponerine, I suppose, but no idea which one.

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#2 Offline kalimant - Posted May 3 2024 - 9:09 AM

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Some kinda ponerine ant. Google came back with Ectatomma spp.

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#3 Online Mettcollsuss - Posted May 3 2024 - 5:46 PM

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Ectatomma muticum

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#4 Online Mettcollsuss - Posted May 3 2024 - 5:47 PM

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Some kinda ponerine ant. Google came back with Ectatomma spp.

Ectatomma aren't ponerines, though they do have a similar primitive poneroid appearance.

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#5 Offline mads220 - Posted May 9 2024 - 3:12 AM

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No matter the species / it looks very cool

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#6 Offline The_Gaming-gate - Posted May 11 2024 - 8:02 AM

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Either Ectoamma or another genus I forgot the name of. Also this should be in the ID thread.

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