and then back home i spotted this happening on the way into work.
my foot for scale, US 11.5:
Is this a war?
Or a raid?
Pavement ants?
and then back home i spotted this happening on the way into work.
my foot for scale, US 11.5:
Is this a war?
Or a raid?
Pavement ants?
Seems like it, and a big one!
Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti
1 M.ergatognya
Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots
and then back home i spotted this happening on the way into work.
my foot for scale, US 11.5:
Is this a war?
Or a raid?
Pavement ants?
as best as i could tell there as only one kind of ant there, and they were not fighting but just hanging out.
They didn't even seem to be agitated too much, kind of slow moving, and i imagined something had disturbed their nest under the pavement in some way, like maybe a leaky pipe or something.
"Want some?"
Pheidole megacephala minor offers decapitated fire ant carcass during raid of fire ant nest.
https://keyapa.com/p...-fire-ant-nest/
I currently maintain a site dedicated to the hyper-diverse myrmicine genus Pheidole.:
I also own the Lurker's Guide to Leafcutters Ants
Tetramorium territorial battle. Always fun to see!and then back home i spotted this happening on the way into work.
my foot for scale, US 11.5:
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big size:
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Man I've seen so many of those wars around BC it's just amazing. You can expect at least 5 at my school just during the spring!
Currently raising:
Myrmica Rubra (1 queen + ~5 workers)
Lasius Niger (single queen + ~90+ workers)
Lasius Neoniger (two single queen + brood)
Formica spp. (Queen [likely parasitic, needs brood])
Also keeping a friend's tetramorium immigrans for the foreseeable future. Thanks CoffeBlock!
I have been sifting leaf litter to find new ant species and I got this one a while ago but would love to know what it is. It is only millimetres long and was in my backyard in South East Queensland.
I would post this in the facebook Myrmecology group maybe. They have quite a few researchers there.
I currently maintain a site dedicated to the hyper-diverse myrmicine genus Pheidole.:
I also own the Lurker's Guide to Leafcutters Ants
Pheidole megacephala minor carrying major. The soldier probably got lost or is confused or injured from a recent raid.
Edited by kalimant, August 6 2024 - 1:22 AM.
I currently maintain a site dedicated to the hyper-diverse myrmicine genus Pheidole.:
I also own the Lurker's Guide to Leafcutters Ants
Drunken Carpenter Ants?
They keep coming too close to the foraging lines of the Pheidole megacephala
I actually have no idea how the smaller ants manage to initially snag them, but it's happened 3 times now.
https://keyapa.com/p...carpenter-ants/
I currently maintain a site dedicated to the hyper-diverse myrmicine genus Pheidole.:
I also own the Lurker's Guide to Leafcutters Ants
A Camponotus aurocinctus that I saw on a recent holiday in South Australia. Completely different colouring to all of the other Camponotus that I have seen,
Just stunning
Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti
1 M.ergatognya
Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots
Wow looks so awesome! Love the yellow and red coloration. A real fashion statement, (although probably in reality more like: Hey, if you eat me, you're not gonna feel so good when my buddies come for you)
Just ordered a macro lens, so I can finally post nice pics without the grainy look from over-digital-magnification.
Currently raising:
Myrmica Rubra (1 queen + ~5 workers)
Lasius Niger (single queen + ~90+ workers)
Lasius Neoniger (two single queen + brood)
Formica spp. (Queen [likely parasitic, needs brood])
Also keeping a friend's tetramorium immigrans for the foreseeable future. Thanks CoffeBlock!
A Camponotus aurocinctus that I saw on a recent holiday in South Australia. Completely different colouring to all of the other Camponotus that I have seen,
Absolutely beautiful, all of these ant photos are making me jealous because of how I have no exiting species around me
Currently keeping:
1x Solenopsis molesta
1x Formica subsericea (polygynous) has WORKERS!!! RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
2x Lasius niger (one is polygynous and the other is monogynous)
A Camponotus aurocinctus that I saw on a recent holiday in South Australia. Completely different colouring to all of the other Camponotus that I have seen,
Absolutely beautiful, all of these ant photos are making me jealous because of how I have no exiting species around me
I mean, you guys do have parasitic Formica, Polyergus, Stigmatomma pallipes ('Dracula' ants), Strumigenys (a genus of Trap-jaw ants), parasitic Lasius, parasitic Aphaenogaster, Camponotus castaneus, Prenolepis imparis, I'd say those are pretty interesting and beautiful.
Edited by RushmoreAnts, August 13 2024 - 6:52 PM.
"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version
Formerly called AntsDakota, not to be confused with Ants_Dakota (hence the name change). You can still call me Adak.
Keeping:
Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. subsericea, unidentified fusca group sp.
Formica cf. ravida, cf. obscuriventris
Myrmica sp.
A Camponotus aurocinctus that I saw on a recent holiday in South Australia. Completely different colouring to all of the other Camponotus that I have seen,
Absolutely beautiful, all of these ant photos are making me jealous because of how I have no exiting species around me
As ANTdrew would say, keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways. That's become my motto for antkeeping. Thanks ANTdrew!
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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A Camponotus aurocinctus that I saw on a recent holiday in South Australia. Completely different colouring to all of the other Camponotus that I have seen,
Absolutely beautiful, all of these ant photos are making me jealous because of how I have no exiting species around me
I mean, you guys do have parasitic Formica, Polyergus, Stigmatomma pallipes ('Dracula' ants), Strumigenys (a genus of Trap-jaw ants), parasitic Lasius, parasitic Aphaenogaster, Camponotus castaneus, Prenolepis imparis, I'd say those are pretty interesting and beautiful.
If only they lived in the more southern part of Quebec and not the heart
(I am even more sad now lol)
Currently keeping:
1x Solenopsis molesta
1x Formica subsericea (polygynous) has WORKERS!!! RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
2x Lasius niger (one is polygynous and the other is monogynous)
A few more ants from my recent holiday to South Australia. The first pic is a Chelaner whitei, second pic a Calomyrmex purpurea and the last pic is of an unidentified Myrmecia species. All are from the arid areas of South Australia, in the north.
wow. Ants in Australia are just stunning. Love the colouring on all three.
Currently raising:
Myrmica Rubra (1 queen + ~5 workers)
Lasius Niger (single queen + ~90+ workers)
Lasius Neoniger (two single queen + brood)
Formica spp. (Queen [likely parasitic, needs brood])
Also keeping a friend's tetramorium immigrans for the foreseeable future. Thanks CoffeBlock!
I think the myrmecia is M. urens
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