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Ant photography thread

Started By Billy , Sep 9 2015 7:47 AM

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#341 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 7 2020 - 2:31 PM

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That macro lens was only 17 dollars on Amazon.

"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#342 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted April 14 2020 - 5:38 PM

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Mom stops by to pose with her daughters and daughters to be...

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Camponotus americanus trophallaxis 

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Camponotus americanus brood pile
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#343 Offline Barristan - Posted April 24 2020 - 8:46 AM

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Camponotus vagus workers eating a caterpillar:

 

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Ant Mating chart, YouTube-Channel, Blog (German)

 

 

#344 Offline Broncos - Posted April 24 2020 - 9:16 AM

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Camponotus us ca-02. I know it’s not great but here:
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Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor

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#345 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 24 2020 - 9:23 AM

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Prenolepis imparis

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Lasius neoniger

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Formica cf. montana

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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#346 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted April 26 2020 - 6:37 PM

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I didn’t follow them to find out but I wonder if these two were helping this pupa eclose? You can almost see the adult form within. 

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#347 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 27 2020 - 4:23 AM

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It appears you are correct.
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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#348 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 27 2020 - 7:37 AM

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Lasius brevicornis

 

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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#349 Offline NickAnter - Posted April 27 2020 - 9:56 AM

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I hope I get some of those this year.


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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#350 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 27 2020 - 10:16 AM

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I hope I get some of those this year.

I also caught a Lasius cf. aphidicola queen yesterday...........


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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#351 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted April 29 2020 - 8:57 AM

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AntsDakota, big colony! I’m trying to judge scale. Are those workers about 1/3rd the size of a C. pennsylvanicus worker?


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#352 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 29 2020 - 9:10 AM

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AntsDakota, big colony! I’m trying to judge scale. Are those workers about 1/3rd the size of a C. pennsylvanicus worker?

Thanks! It actually has 5 queens. However, the workers are more like around half the size of a pennsylvanicus workers, around 3-4 mm. Around a mm larger than neoniger or americanus.


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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#353 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted April 29 2020 - 2:42 PM

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#354 Offline Barristan - Posted May 9 2020 - 2:56 PM

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Pheidole pallidula eating a Turkestan cockroach:

 

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Ant Mating chart, YouTube-Channel, Blog (German)

 

 

#355 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted May 9 2020 - 5:52 PM

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Wish i had a colony of those gals.


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#356 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted May 10 2020 - 3:12 PM

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Myrmica egg pile:

 

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There's a queen a few mm to the left of the eggs, and another a few mm below her, half in the picture. This colony has a total of 18 queens. Read more about them here: Adak's Ant Journal


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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#357 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted May 12 2020 - 11:48 AM

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C. americanus at the water fountain 
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#358 Offline Broncos - Posted May 28 2020 - 5:30 PM

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Camponotus US CA-02
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Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor

Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius

Camponotus Sansabeanus

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#359 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted June 10 2020 - 4:21 PM

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Here's a trick: bright sunlight does miracles for photography!

 

Anyways, here's a Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony I found under a rock a week or so ago:

 

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Unfortunately, queen always likes to hide in the dark, so I had to block the light to even hope to get a shot of her at all.

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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#360 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted June 11 2020 - 1:22 PM

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C. americanus worker foraging nectar. 
 

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