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Ant photography thread

Started By Billy , Sep 9 2015 7:47 AM

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#801 Offline M_Ants - Posted April 3 2022 - 8:39 AM

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Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

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#802 Offline ZTYguy - Posted April 3 2022 - 10:06 PM

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Found that one of my Camponotus us-ca02 larva happened to be pink. I’ve seen larvae change on coloration due to colored sugar water but never this much.

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Currently: Considering moving to Australia
Reason: Myrmecia

#803 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted April 4 2022 - 1:30 AM

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A Tetramorium simillimum carrying away the head of a termite that it chewed off. In my backyard in Landsborough, Queensland.

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#804 Offline PaigeX - Posted April 9 2022 - 12:39 AM

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Some Iridomyrmex rubriceps that I saw on the weekend in Beerwah, Qld.

so that's what they are called! They popped up around my place and they are just as bad as meat ants. their chasing and biting have really started to annoy me. But they do have lovely looking queens


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Favourite Genus: Polyrhachis 

 
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#805 Offline PaigeX - Posted April 9 2022 - 12:41 AM

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Found that one of my Camponotus us-ca02 larva happened to be pink. I’ve seen larvae change on coloration due to colored sugar water but never this much.

wow! now that is an extreme. Very cute and funny tho.


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#806 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted April 9 2022 - 11:20 PM

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A Polyrhachis brisbanensis that I saw today in Beerburrum, Qld.

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#807 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted April 9 2022 - 11:22 PM

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A Polyrhachis mjobergi from a hike today in the Glasshouse Mountains National Park in Beerburrum, Qld.

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#808 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted April 10 2022 - 10:28 AM

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These pictures are amazing. Kudos!


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#809 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted April 10 2022 - 10:50 AM

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I know this doesn’t compete with all of your amazing photos but I’m pretty proud of this photo:

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"If an ant carries an object a hundred times it's weight,you can carry burdens many times your size.

#810 Offline NickAnter - Posted April 10 2022 - 11:03 AM

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Myrmecocystus mimicus:

Myrmecocystus mimicus worker from live Oak canyon

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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). 

#811 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted April 10 2022 - 11:49 AM

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It’s getting tough to keep up with the top notch quality here so I’m going to go for humor. C. pennsylvanicus are invincible, they’re always trying to get a head :rofl:

 

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#812 Offline azzaaazzzz00 - Posted April 10 2022 - 2:16 PM

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ouch. what a clean decapitation


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Always try new things, even if its hard, hard is not impossible. We are smart and it's good to be smart but not too smart for your own good.

#813 Offline LIExotics - Posted April 14 2022 - 7:25 PM

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Hey everyone. Name's Chris. How do I post pictures in here?

#814 Offline T.C. - Posted April 14 2022 - 7:55 PM

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Hey everyone. Name's Chris. How do I post pictures in here?


Read this. https://www.formicul...hotos-properly/
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#815 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted April 15 2022 - 1:51 PM

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Three new ant species that I found while on a bush walk yesterday in Dularcha N.P. in Landsborough, Qld. A Meranoplus hirsutus, Dolichoderus extensispinus and Leptomyrmex rufithorax. 

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#816 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted April 21 2022 - 2:37 PM

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The first two are quite cute!

I know these aren’t that great(Compared to previous posts), but these are some of my best pictures. Most pictures are from large ants, due to the fact that I use a macrolense attachment to devices.

Solenopsis invicta Queen with eggs
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Camponotus floridanus Queen with her nanitics(And one brood boosted discolor)
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Camponotus floridanus trophalaxis(Spelling bad?)
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Camponotus floridanus colony few weeks after a natural diapause state
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Odontomachus(Ruginodis) queen with workers and larvae
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#817 Offline azzaaazzzz00 - Posted April 21 2022 - 2:41 PM

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they're not the best compared to the other posts like you said but compared to my skills, that's awsome


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Been keeping ants since January of 2021

Always try new things, even if its hard, hard is not impossible. We are smart and it's good to be smart but not too smart for your own good.

#818 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted April 21 2022 - 2:45 PM

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Thanks! I still think the best one is there is the two workers feeding each other though. :D

#819 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted April 21 2022 - 7:37 PM

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Three new ant species that I found while on a bush walk yesterday in Dularcha N.P. in Landsborough, Qld. A Meranoplus hirsutus, Dolichoderus extensispinus and Leptomyrmex rufithorax. 

Looks like the Leptomyrmex rufithorax is demonstrating a threat posture!


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#820 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted April 21 2022 - 11:40 PM

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Three new ant species that I found while on a bush walk yesterday in Dularcha N.P. in Landsborough, Qld. A Meranoplus hirsutus, Dolichoderus extensispinus and Leptomyrmex rufithorax. 

Looks like the Leptomyrmex rufithorax is demonstrating a threat posture!

 

Yes, really hard to get a photo of them when they aren't doing that. They are very alert ants. They don't really stop moving either.


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