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

#861 Offline FloridaAnts - Posted May 27 2022 - 4:27 PM

FloridaAnts

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 374 posts
  • LocationFlorida
Nice shot! If only I had good lighting…

I got lucky enough to catch a small Camponotus colony getting another worker!
  • ConcordAntman, PaigeX, WideBrownLand and 1 other like this

#862 Offline FloridaAnts - Posted May 28 2022 - 11:31 AM

FloridaAnts

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 374 posts
  • LocationFlorida
Now, since I have been gifted a colony of Camponotus floridanus and I have a colony of Camponotus socius, I could finally see both queens side by side. Actually, despite being very different in queen sizes, and growth rate, the queens are very similar!

Note: These are not my pictures of Camponotus floridanus! They were taken by Solenopsiskeeper, in the early stages of this colony


All photos of Camponotus floridanus were used with permission from the owner, Solenopsiskeeper-
  • PaigeX likes this

#863 Offline OiledOlives - Posted June 4 2022 - 10:27 AM

OiledOlives

    Vendor

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 701 posts
  • LocationVirginia
Tapinoma sessile workers and brood
Tapinoma sessile
Small Vollenhovia emeryi colony in a test tube
Vollenhovia emeryi
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis in a vial setup
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
2 queen Crematogaster lineolata colony
Crematogaster lineolata
Dying Camponotus castaneus queen
Camponotus castaneus
My 19 queen Monomorium minimum colony decided to move some of their brood and a queen into the Mini Hearth outworld.
Monomorium minimum

 


Edited by OiledOlives, June 4 2022 - 10:31 AM.

  • ConcordAntman, Kaelwizard, ANTdrew and 5 others like this
Youtube: Atlantic Ants - YouTube
Website: Ants for Sale - Atlantic Ants

#864 Offline ReignofRage - Posted June 16 2022 - 11:28 AM

ReignofRage

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 779 posts
  • LocationCalif.
I think some people might like to see Veromessor other than V. andrei and V. pergandei, so here's some Veromessor stoddardi from a long while ago.
 
med_gallery_5829_2142_3295157.jpg
med_gallery_5829_2142_1450909.jpg
med_gallery_5829_2142_1694204.jpg
med_gallery_5829_2142_4486931.jpg
med_gallery_5829_2142_1872455.jpg
med_gallery_5829_2142_1234433.jpg
med_gallery_5829_2142_2575421.jpg
med_gallery_5829_2142_960249.jpg
med_gallery_5829_2142_4564122.jpg
med_gallery_5829_2142_5383840.jpg

  • NickAnter, ZTYguy, m99 and 3 others like this

Ant Shop | Journals | Scanned Literature

#865 Offline FloridaAnts - Posted June 17 2022 - 7:13 PM

FloridaAnts

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 374 posts
  • LocationFlorida
Since the thread is a bit more active, ima throw some old pictures out there.(I know velvet ants aren’t ants and the photos are bad, but still)

Trash Velvet ant

Trachymyrmex septrionalis up close microscopic pictures
Trachymyrmex working together to move dirt

Pheidole with brood

Pheidole alate

  • PaigeX and WideBrownLand like this

#866 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted June 18 2022 - 12:22 PM

ColAnt735

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 406 posts
  • LocationOntario,Canada

Lasius neoniger queen:

xgmqArY.jpg

Crematogaster cerasi after a fruit fly hunt:

VvKlL7Z_d.webp?maxwidth=760&fidelity=gra


  • AntBoi3030, PaigeX, WideBrownLand and 2 others like this

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

#867 Offline That_one_ant_guy - Posted June 23 2022 - 6:26 PM

That_one_ant_guy

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 477 posts
  • LocationCalifornia
Big Pogonomyrmex nest
Screenshot_20220623-192432_Photos.jpg
  • ConcordAntman, ANTdrew, NickAnter and 5 others like this

#868 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 23 2022 - 6:39 PM

ANTdrew

    Advanced Member

  • Moderators
  • PipPipPip
  • 9,938 posts
  • LocationAlexandria, VA

Big Pogonomyrmex nest
Screenshot_20220623-192432_Photos.jpg

Holy crap. They cleared all that area.
  • That_one_ant_guy and FloridaAnts like this
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#869 Offline That_one_ant_guy - Posted June 23 2022 - 7:00 PM

That_one_ant_guy

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 477 posts
  • LocationCalifornia

Big Pogonomyrmex nest
Screenshot_20220623-192432_Photos.jpg

Holy crap. They cleared all that area.
yea, I thought it was man made at first, there were Pogonomyrmex swarming the whole area

#870 Offline madbiologist - Posted June 27 2022 - 8:07 AM

madbiologist

    Vendor

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 423 posts
  • LocationOhio

A few photos I've taken recently!

 

A. rudis

 

IMG_1009.jpg

 

IMG_1027.jpg

 

 

C. castaneus

 

IMG_1141.jpg

 

 

C. pennsylvanicus

 

IMG_1124_01.jpg

 

 

C. chromaiodes

 

IMG_1094.jpg


  • ConcordAntman, Antkeeper01, UtahAnts and 4 others like this
BMad3




Webstore

Socials: Instagram Facebook YouTube

#871 Offline PaigeX - Posted June 27 2022 - 8:23 AM

PaigeX

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 333 posts
  • LocationGympie, QLD, Australia

A few photos I've taken recently!

 

A. rudis

 

attachicon.gifIMG_1009.jpg

 

attachicon.gifIMG_1027.jpg

 

 

C. castaneus

 

attachicon.gifIMG_1141.jpg

 

 

C. pennsylvanicus

 

attachicon.gifIMG_1124_01.jpg

 

 

C. chromaiodes

 

attachicon.gifIMG_1094.jpg

I love the crystal clear look of the C. castaneus worker! Looks so cool!


  • madbiologist and FloridaAnts like this

Favourite Genus: Polyrhachis 

 
Journal: Main

Instagram: australian_polyrhachis

 

May God Bless you.

#872 Offline madbiologist - Posted June 27 2022 - 9:29 AM

madbiologist

    Vendor

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 423 posts
  • LocationOhio

I love the crystal clear look of the C. castaneus worker! Looks so cool!

 

 

 

 

Thank you! I never realized they were transparent!


  • PaigeX and FloridaAnts like this
BMad3




Webstore

Socials: Instagram Facebook YouTube

#873 Offline UtahAnts - Posted June 28 2022 - 2:17 PM

UtahAnts

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 680 posts
  • LocationUtah Valley

A couple images taken with an inexpensive reversal ring setup

 

IMG 7675
 
post 5683 0 41909300 1632187869
 
post 5683 0 79723300 1632185780
 
post 5683 0 81156100 1632185861

 

 


  • AntBoi3030, PaigeX, WideBrownLand and 3 others 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

#874 Offline FloridaAnts - Posted July 3 2022 - 10:59 AM

FloridaAnts

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 374 posts
  • LocationFlorida
Dorymyrmex bureni nest in the wild, but, is that really necessary? (These are my brothers pictures)(They uploaded weird, sorry.)

Edited by FloridaAnts, July 3 2022 - 11:00 AM.

  • futurebird and WideBrownLand like this

#875 Offline futurebird - Posted July 4 2022 - 5:53 PM

futurebird

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 836 posts
  • LocationNew York City, NY

looks like it's to protect the nest from being flooded. 


  • FloridaAnts likes this

Starting this July I'm posting videos of my ants every week on youTube.

I like to make relaxing videos that capture the joy of watching ants.

If that sounds like your kind of thing... follow me >here<. 

#876 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted July 4 2022 - 6:11 PM

AntsCali098

    Advanced Member

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

Tapinoma sessile workers and brood

Small Vollenhovia emeryi colony in a test tube

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis in a vial setup

2 queen Crematogaster lineolata colony

Dying Camponotus castaneus queen

My 19 queen Monomorium minimum colony decided to move some of their brood and a queen into the Mini Hearth outworld.


Lol. My ergs are nesting in an AA (arthopod antics) outworld because they won’t move into their formisquarium. I thought I was looking at my colony for a second

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

 

 

#877 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted July 4 2022 - 6:26 PM

AntsCali098

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 1,033 posts
  • LocationLong Beach, California (SoCal)
And btw, I was looking through some of WideBrownLand‘s photos and they’re awesome looking! Keep up the good work man.
  • WideBrownLand and FloridaAnts 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

 

 

#878 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted July 5 2022 - 12:58 AM

WideBrownLand

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 130 posts
  • LocationQueensland, Australia

And btw, I was looking through some of WideBrownLand‘s photos and they’re awesome looking! Keep up the good work man.

Thanks AntsCali098. 


  • AntsCali098 and FloridaAnts like this

#879 Offline WideBrownLand - Posted July 5 2022 - 1:00 AM

WideBrownLand

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 130 posts
  • LocationQueensland, Australia

A battered looking Colobopsis macrocephala that I saw in my backyard. Qld, Australia.

Attached Images

  • DSC_9303.JPG

  • madbiologist, AntBoi3030, futurebird and 4 others like this

#880 Offline FloridaAnts - Posted July 5 2022 - 7:04 AM

FloridaAnts

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 374 posts
  • LocationFlorida

A battered looking Colobopsis macrocephala that I saw in my backyard. Qld, Australia.


That veteran must have been in an intense battle with another colony or prey. Wow. Still has those beautiful colors though.

Edited by FloridaAnts, July 5 2022 - 7:05 AM.

  • WideBrownLand likes this
Back to General · Next Unread Topic →


1 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 1 guests, 0 anonymous users