Jump to content

  • Gallery
  • Members
  • Member Map
  • Chat
  •  
  •  

Welcome to Formiculture.com!

This is a website for anyone interested in Myrmecology and all aspects of finding, keeping, and studying ants. The site and forum are free to use. Register now to gain access to all of our features. Once registered and logged in, you will be able to create topics, post replies to existing threads, give reputation points to your fellow members, get your own private messenger, post status updates, manage your profile and so much more. If you already have an account, login here - otherwise create an account for free today!

Photo

Ant photography thread

Started By Billy , Sep 9 2015 7:47 AM

1088 replies to this topic

#821 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted April 22 2022 - 2:47 AM

Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_*
  • Guests

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.
Looks really nice. Can’t stop thinking it has 6 spider-like legs.
  • WideBrownLand likes this

#822 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted April 22 2022 - 1:56 PM

WideBrownLand

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 130 posts
  • LocationQueensland, Australia

 

 

 

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.
Looks really nice. Can’t stop thinking it has 6 spider-like legs.

 

They are certainly a unique looking ant. I found my first colony of them the same day I took the photos. It was in an embankment on the side of a track. Nothing fancy about it and if I hadn't seen them coming and going from it you wouldn't know it was there. There are a few more species that live in my area so I am hoping to find them too.


  • ConcordAntman, Antkeeper01, PetsNotPests and 1 other like this

#823 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted April 23 2022 - 7:28 AM

Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_*
  • Guests
Got a neat picture of my captive Odonotmachus. We all still know that photography in nature is probably one of the better types though.

Attached Images

  • 5BF6ED04-955D-41D7-A87B-FD742753CB73.jpeg

Edited by SolenopsisKeeper-, April 23 2022 - 7:29 AM.

  • ConcordAntman, Kaelwizard, PetsNotPests and 4 others like this

#824 Offline PetsNotPests - Posted April 23 2022 - 7:32 AM

PetsNotPests

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 418 posts
  • LocationSouthern LA County, California

Pheidole sp. soldier. f/16 ISO 100

 

mn81G5yY9RZPEnHDvT3LutGbebsghpN-GW2ObyE-


  • ConcordAntman, Kaelwizard, ANTdrew and 5 others like this

Ants are Pets, not Pests. 

 

-Camponotus sansabeanus

-Camponotus US-CA02

-Camponotus vicinus

-Formica podzolica

-Monomorium spp.

-Pogonomyrmex californicus

-Solenopsis spp. 

 

#825 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted April 27 2022 - 11:29 AM

WideBrownLand

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 130 posts
  • LocationQueensland, Australia

A Polyrhachis sp. that I see everywhere but no one seems to be able to identify it. This one was in my backyard in Queensland.

Attached Images

  • DSC_8924.JPG
  • DSC_8917.JPG

  • ConcordAntman, Antkeeper01, PetsNotPests and 1 other like this

#826 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted April 27 2022 - 11:55 AM

Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_*
  • Guests
It almost appears it on a pairing due to lighting

#827 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted April 27 2022 - 11:56 AM

Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_*
  • Guests
Is this the place people grind reputation? Look at peoples likes here lol.

#828 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted April 29 2022 - 6:45 PM

WideBrownLand

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 130 posts
  • LocationQueensland, Australia

A Myrmecia queen that was hanging around my work today. Sunshine Coast, Qld.

Attached Images

  • DSC_9199.JPG
  • DSC_9190.JPG
  • DSC_9183.JPG

  • ConcordAntman, ANTdrew, Antkeeper01 and 4 others like this

#829 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted April 29 2022 - 6:55 PM

ColAnt735

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 406 posts
  • LocationOntario,Canada

A Myrmecia queen that was hanging around my work today. Sunshine Coast, Qld.

Isn't that a Myrmecia male?


  • NickAnter, Antkeeper01, azzaaazzzz00 and 1 other like this

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

#830 Offline Leptomyrmx - Posted April 29 2022 - 8:31 PM

Leptomyrmx

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 286 posts
  • LocationSydney, Australia

 

A Myrmecia queen that was hanging around my work today. Sunshine Coast, Qld.

Isn't that a Myrmecia male?

 

I think it is. Gulosa-group.


  • Antkeeper01 and ColAnt735 like this

My Ants:

Colonies: Camponotus humilior 1w, Opisthopsis rufithorax 11w, Aphaenogaster longiceps ~5w, Pheidole sp. ~235w ~15m, Iridomyrmex sp. 2q 1w, Brachyponera lutea 6w, Crematogaster sp. ~20w, Podomyrma sp. 1w

Queens: Polyrhachis cf. robinsoni, Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) sp. (likely infertile)

Previously Kept: Colobopsis gasseri, Technomyrmex sp., Rhytidoponera victorae, Nylanderia cf. rosae, Myrmecia brevinoda/forficata, Polyrhachis australis, Solenopsis/Monomorium

Key: Q = Queen, W = Worker, M = Major

Youtube Channel: Ants of Sydney - YouTube

Patreon (for YouTube channel): https://www.patreon.com/antsofsydney

#831 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted April 30 2022 - 6:17 PM

WideBrownLand

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 130 posts
  • LocationQueensland, Australia

 

 

A Myrmecia queen that was hanging around my work today. Sunshine Coast, Qld.

Isn't that a Myrmecia male?

 

I think it is. Gulosa-group.

 

I wasn't 100% before posting. I am bad at ID's and ant anatomy. I will just stick to photographing them.


  • Antkeeper01, Leptomyrmx, PaigeX and 1 other like this

#832 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted April 30 2022 - 6:19 PM

WideBrownLand

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 130 posts
  • LocationQueensland, Australia

 

A Myrmecia queen that was hanging around my work today. Sunshine Coast, Qld.

Isn't that a Myrmecia male?

 

My mistake. I am not the best at ID and ant anatomy.


  • FloridaAnts likes this

#833 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted May 1 2022 - 5:14 AM

ColAnt735

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 406 posts
  • LocationOntario,Canada

A pretty decent shot I got of one of my Lasius brevicornis queens:

 

xIpJlDu.jpg


  • Antkeeper01, PetsNotPests, WideBrownLand and 1 other like this

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

#834 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted May 1 2022 - 6:24 AM

Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_*
  • Guests
Love the larvae in the background!

#835 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted May 4 2022 - 5:56 AM

ConcordAntman

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 767 posts
  • LocationMassachusetts

Two C. americanus in conversation at the feeding dish

 

0FFDE310 3E89 483A 8B7D FD490C59F630
 
The queen looks on from the right as her daughters guard the brood
 
CF0F8A75 EF90 41B9 A388 C10376A2C0A7

 


Edited by ConcordAntman, May 4 2022 - 5:57 AM.

  • Antkeeper01, azzaaazzzz00, PetsNotPests and 4 others like this

#836 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted May 8 2022 - 6:04 PM

AntsCali098

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 1,033 posts
  • LocationLong Beach, California (SoCal)

my Camponotus us-ca02 queen with some larvae

20220508 100703~2

(I even set this pic as my pfp  :D)


Edited by AntsCali098, May 8 2022 - 6:07 PM.

  • ConcordAntman, Antkeeper01, PaigeX and 2 others like this

Interested buying in ants? Feel free to check out my shop! 

Feel free to read my journals, like this one.

 

Wishlist:

Atta sp (wish they were in CA), Crematogaster cerasi, Most Pheidole species

 

 

#837 Offline FloridaAnts - Posted May 9 2022 - 12:31 PM

FloridaAnts

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 374 posts
  • LocationFlorida

my Camponotus us-ca02 queen with some larvae

(I even set this pic as my pfp :D)

Can kind of make out the of make out the ocelli

Not the best picture, but it is a Dorymyrmex bureni queen that someone gifted me( Also set as profile picture)

Edited by FloridaAnts, May 9 2022 - 12:32 PM.

  • ConcordAntman, Antkeeper01, PaigeX and 2 others like this

#838 Offline UtahAnts - Posted May 9 2022 - 1:32 PM

UtahAnts

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 680 posts
  • LocationUtah Valley

I've been playing around with lighting a bit. Here are some images that use a contrast of light and dark to highlight the natural features of the ants.

 

IMG 7247
 
Can you figure out what this is?
IMG 7437
 
IMG 7514

 


  • ConcordAntman, Antkeeper01, WideBrownLand and 1 other like this

Leave the Road, take the Trails - Pythagoras

 

Utah Ant Keeping --- Here

DIY Formicariums and Outworlds --- Here

Honeypot Ant Journal --- Here

Photo Album --- Here

Videos --- Here

#839 Offline United-Ants - Posted May 9 2022 - 1:58 PM

United-Ants

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 386 posts
  • LocationUtah United States

 

I've been playing around with lighting a bit. Here are some images that use a contrast of light and dark to highlight the natural features of the ants.

 

 
 
Can you figure out what this is?

 

beautiful  ants love the honey pots


  • UtahAnts likes this

#840 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted May 9 2022 - 2:09 PM

AntsCali098

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 1,033 posts
  • LocationLong Beach, California (SoCal)

.


Edited by AntsCali098, May 10 2022 - 8:27 AM.

Interested buying in ants? Feel free to check out my shop! 

Feel free to read my journals, like this one.

 

Wishlist:

Atta sp (wish they were in CA), Crematogaster cerasi, Most Pheidole species

 

 

Back to General · Next Unread Topic →


2 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 2 guests, 0 anonymous users