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Started By Billy , Sep 9 2015 7:47 AM

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#441 Offline Barristan - Posted October 5 2020 - 9:24 AM

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And the next Darwin Award goes to: Tetramorium sp. ...

 

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#442 Offline madbiologist - Posted October 9 2020 - 8:10 AM

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A few pictures I took recently.

 

Pheidole tysoni

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Camponotus castaneus

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Lasius aphidicola (with hosts)

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Lasius neoniger

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#443 Offline TechAnt - Posted October 9 2020 - 8:15 AM

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Nice! 


My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#444 Offline TechAnt - Posted October 13 2020 - 12:00 PM

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Pheidole californica

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My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#445 Offline Froggy - Posted October 13 2020 - 12:04 PM

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Pseudomyrmex pallidus on a flower

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Dorymyrmex bicolor

 

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#446 Offline TechAnt - Posted October 13 2020 - 12:08 PM

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Amazing!


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My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#447 Offline Scherme - Posted October 13 2020 - 12:42 PM

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Ashley Reservoir

 Thought this photo came out neat. Was walking through a reservoir where I live and spotted these swarming something in the middle of the path. - taken with cell phone 


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Tetramorium immigrans | Journal

Lasius Neoniger | Journal

Camponotus Pennsylvanicus | Journal

Camponotus Chromaiodes | Journal

Schermicarium - DIY | Journal

#448 Offline TechAnt - Posted October 13 2020 - 12:49 PM

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Woah, awesome!


My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#449 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted October 14 2020 - 8:28 AM

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are they battling?


Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

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#450 Offline Scherme - Posted October 14 2020 - 9:01 AM

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are they battling?

They were swarming something somebody must have dropped on the ground. It is a popular walking/running trail


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Tetramorium immigrans | Journal

Lasius Neoniger | Journal

Camponotus Pennsylvanicus | Journal

Camponotus Chromaiodes | Journal

Schermicarium - DIY | Journal

#451 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted October 14 2020 - 11:12 AM

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Pseudomyrmex pallidus on a flower

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Dorymyrmex bicolor

 

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awesome pics!


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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

My Nationwide Ant Shop Here I have PPQ-526 permits to ship ants nationwide

Attention Ant-Keepers in South Dakota! Join the SoDak(Society Of Dakotan Ant Keepers)

My Formica sp. Journal

My Lasius sp. Journal

My Micro Ants Journal

My Pogonomyrmex occidentalis Journal

#452 Offline CoolColJ - Posted October 16 2020 - 1:26 AM

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Aftermath of a raid
Camponotus nigriceps major and Myrmecia nigrocinta, both dead, in an embrace....

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1) Opisthopsis Rufithorax (strobe ant), Melophorus sp2. black and orange, Pheidole species, Pheidole antipodum
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#453 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted October 16 2020 - 7:42 AM

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Aftermath of a raid
Camponotus nigriceps major and Myrmecia nigrocinta, both dead, in an embrace....

Great shot! Mother Nature doesn’t play around. It’s an ant eat ant world out there! :lol:


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#454 Offline Froggy - Posted October 28 2020 - 10:46 AM

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Camponotus sayi queen and workers drinking sugar water

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Pheidole sp.

 

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#455 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted October 28 2020 - 10:46 AM

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awesome pics!!!


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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

My Nationwide Ant Shop Here I have PPQ-526 permits to ship ants nationwide

Attention Ant-Keepers in South Dakota! Join the SoDak(Society Of Dakotan Ant Keepers)

My Formica sp. Journal

My Lasius sp. Journal

My Micro Ants Journal

My Pogonomyrmex occidentalis Journal

#456 Offline TechAnt - Posted October 28 2020 - 12:15 PM

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Pheidole californica’s big brood piles, sorry for potato quality photos. I’m not sure if I want to make a journal on them or not.

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My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#457 Offline Froggy - Posted November 3 2020 - 6:05 PM

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Pheidole titanis, a large species of Pheidole that is a termite specialist

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Pogonomyrmex sp. drinking rainwater

 

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#458 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted November 4 2020 - 10:19 AM

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great shots!


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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

My Nationwide Ant Shop Here I have PPQ-526 permits to ship ants nationwide

Attention Ant-Keepers in South Dakota! Join the SoDak(Society Of Dakotan Ant Keepers)

My Formica sp. Journal

My Lasius sp. Journal

My Micro Ants Journal

My Pogonomyrmex occidentalis Journal

#459 Offline madbiologist - Posted November 4 2020 - 6:07 PM

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Some of my recent pictures.

 

Camponotus herculeanus

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Camponotus chrromaides

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Solenopsis molesta

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Pheidole tysoni

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#460 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted November 5 2020 - 6:57 AM

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Stunning. Absolutely stunning.
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