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Ant photography thread

Started By Billy , Sep 9 2015 7:47 AM

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#461 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted November 5 2020 - 8:07 AM

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Stunning. Absolutely stunning.

copy that!


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#462 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted November 9 2020 - 6:59 PM

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here are some pics of lasius claviger and my tetramorium immigrans. 

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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

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#463 Offline madbiologist - Posted December 16 2020 - 2:36 PM

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Took a few pictures of queens this weekend, including what is now probably my favorite picture I've taken!

 

 

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Lasius neoniger

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Formica cf. argentea

As far as I know, these are the only DSLR pictures of a living argentea queen!

 

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And here's my favorite, which is also of the argentea queen.

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#464 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted December 17 2020 - 6:10 AM

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great shots!


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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#465 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted December 17 2020 - 7:43 AM

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Holy crap! The Lasius face pic is my favorite.

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#466 Offline ANTdrew - Posted December 17 2020 - 8:37 AM

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These are phenomenal. Three of my favorite species.


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#467 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted December 17 2020 - 9:37 AM

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These are phenomenal. Three of my favorite species.

Yes of course he has some of my favorite genera. 


#468 Offline NickAnter - Posted December 17 2020 - 1:30 PM

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Mine is the second Formica pic.


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). 

#469 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted December 22 2020 - 9:20 AM

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These are all great shots. What is your setup?


#470 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted February 14 2021 - 5:51 AM

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Santa brought me a Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO for a Nikon F-mount but we’ve still got 18” of snow on the ground. Here’s some of my first shots. Unfortunately no new species but I can’t wait to get this outside in the spring! I’ve had this C. pennsylvanicus colony since May 2018. They’ve just been out 10 days and she’s back to laying!

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aakant, your C. americanus are still soldiering on

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#471 Offline gs5248 - Posted February 16 2021 - 8:16 PM

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I love those shots!


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#472 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted February 19 2021 - 9:49 PM

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Today was a feeding day, frozen, flash-boiled cricket, flash-boiled mealworm on an apple slice

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Still haven’t quite managed to keep the ladies from dragging food all over their outworld 
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This one’s even bringing the “bacon” home!
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#473 Offline ANTdrew - Posted February 20 2021 - 4:07 AM

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Phenomenal, ConcordAntman! You should share those with Mack Pridgen. He loves getting customer photos.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#474 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted February 20 2021 - 4:32 AM

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Good idea. I hadn’t thought of that! Thanks. 


#475 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted February 27 2021 - 4:35 PM

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I sent some shots on to Mack yesterday. This past Tuesday ended up being moving day. I moved a C. pennsylvanicus colony I founded last June out of a test tube setup and into their permanent formicarium. Just after literally “dropping in”

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Twenty-four hours later their queen was happily laying, the workers were about, and they seemed moved in!
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#476 Offline gs5248 - Posted February 27 2021 - 4:41 PM

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#477 Offline ANTdrew - Posted February 27 2021 - 5:48 PM

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I hope Mack uses some of your photos. Great work.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#478 Offline Scherme - Posted February 27 2021 - 8:23 PM

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I was grabbing some shots on my C. penns today as well. Working on getting better at snapping pics.

 
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I like how this one actually focused on the brood below, the ants appear to be just floating above. none of the way my pics come out is intentional

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got a couple fatty larva in there looking like I might see my first cocoons soon since coming out of hibernation.

 

not terrible for a $35 macro lens clipped to my cell phone and windows auto enhance, have not reached the potential yet for this setup. 

 

I love scrolling back through this thread, inspiring. 


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#479 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted March 2 2021 - 9:48 AM

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Almost a week in her new digs, the Queen Mother seems at home. I found her in June 2020 and she now has 15 workers and a good sized brood pile. 
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#480 Offline antsandmore - Posted March 2 2021 - 3:36 PM

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awesome pictures everyone!!!


Ants I am keeping:

 none for now, planning on being more active this year

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