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Ant photography thread
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Billy
, Sep 9 2015 7:47 AM
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#141 Offline - Posted May 10 2018 - 6:08 PM
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#142 Offline - Posted May 10 2018 - 6:08 PM
I recently got a small colony of ants which are definitely a Melophorus species, but one I've never seen before, nor know of anyone who has documented them
Queen is closer to 7mm
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Queen has quite a rough texture
Workers have spiny bumps on them
Edited by CoolColJ, May 10 2018 - 6:10 PM.
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Current ant colonies -
1) Opisthopsis Rufithorax (strobe ant), Melophorus sp2. black and orange, Pheidole species, Pheidole antipodum
Journal = http://www.formicult...ra-iridomyrmex/
Heterotermes cf brevicatena termite pet/feeder journal = http://www.formicult...feeder-journal/
#143 Offline - Posted May 10 2018 - 6:09 PM
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#144 Offline - Posted May 10 2018 - 6:10 PM
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#145 Offline - Posted May 11 2018 - 7:56 AM
Some close ups.
White hair?
White hair?
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#146 Offline - Posted May 11 2018 - 8:07 AM
#147 Offline - Posted May 11 2018 - 8:08 AM
No
#148 Offline - Posted May 12 2018 - 9:41 PM
Melophorus sp. family settling in, with baby cricket snack
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Current ant colonies -
1) Opisthopsis Rufithorax (strobe ant), Melophorus sp2. black and orange, Pheidole species, Pheidole antipodum
Journal = http://www.formicult...ra-iridomyrmex/
Heterotermes cf brevicatena termite pet/feeder journal = http://www.formicult...feeder-journal/
#149 Offline - Posted May 13 2018 - 12:15 PM
Some ants from my Costa Rica trip.
A curious Odontomachus queen
A leaf cutter ant worker (Acromyrmex sp.) carrying the stamen of a flower to the nest
Ghost ants (Tapinoma melanocephalum) enjoying a grain of boiled rice
An Odontomachus sp. worker (different species than the queen) carrying a tiny dead cricket home to the nest
Pseudomyrmex cf. grascilis worker foraging on a leaf
A leaf cutter ant (Atta)scout searching for a suitable plant to feed to her colony's fungus
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#150 Offline - Posted May 13 2018 - 12:34 PM
My Camponotus quercicola queen with brood after I fed her some sugar water. She loved it.
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#151 Offline - Posted May 18 2018 - 8:04 PM
6 weeks after capture, from the windscreen of my car, she mated there as well... this Pheidole queen finally lays 7 eggs, but that's it. Till nanitics I guess
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Pheidole queen outcast from a dual queen setup with 8 nanitics, lays 3 eggs of her own, the first week in her own test tube
Triple queen setup of the same species
Week 6 of an Iridomyrmex queen that laid over 40 eggs...
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Pheidole queen outcast from a dual queen setup with 8 nanitics, lays 3 eggs of her own, the first week in her own test tube
Triple queen setup of the same species
Week 6 of an Iridomyrmex queen that laid over 40 eggs...
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Current ant colonies -
1) Opisthopsis Rufithorax (strobe ant), Melophorus sp2. black and orange, Pheidole species, Pheidole antipodum
Journal = http://www.formicult...ra-iridomyrmex/
Heterotermes cf brevicatena termite pet/feeder journal = http://www.formicult...feeder-journal/
#152 Offline - Posted May 22 2018 - 8:43 AM
Almost time for workers
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#153 Offline - Posted May 27 2018 - 3:33 AM
Camponotus suffusus queen of 2 nanitics, 5 larave RIP
18mm, and rare queen
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Edited by CoolColJ, May 27 2018 - 3:35 AM.
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Current ant colonies -
1) Opisthopsis Rufithorax (strobe ant), Melophorus sp2. black and orange, Pheidole species, Pheidole antipodum
Journal = http://www.formicult...ra-iridomyrmex/
Heterotermes cf brevicatena termite pet/feeder journal = http://www.formicult...feeder-journal/
#154 Offline - Posted May 29 2018 - 3:30 AM
Some pics of my Meat ant queen, Iridomyrmex purpureus ... I can see why they call the genus rainbow ants
Black looking, but iridescent under sun/lights
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Current ant colonies -
1) Opisthopsis Rufithorax (strobe ant), Melophorus sp2. black and orange, Pheidole species, Pheidole antipodum
Journal = http://www.formicult...ra-iridomyrmex/
Heterotermes cf brevicatena termite pet/feeder journal = http://www.formicult...feeder-journal/
#155 Offline - Posted June 2 2018 - 11:52 AM
Lasius cf. niger worker drinking sugar water:
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#156 Offline - Posted June 3 2018 - 6:48 PM
Camponotus suffusus queen and nanitics/minor workers - 18+mm queen
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Current ant colonies -
1) Opisthopsis Rufithorax (strobe ant), Melophorus sp2. black and orange, Pheidole species, Pheidole antipodum
Journal = http://www.formicult...ra-iridomyrmex/
Heterotermes cf brevicatena termite pet/feeder journal = http://www.formicult...feeder-journal/
#158 Offline - Posted June 4 2018 - 2:48 AM
gross...
Current ant colonies -
1) Opisthopsis Rufithorax (strobe ant), Melophorus sp2. black and orange, Pheidole species, Pheidole antipodum
Journal = http://www.formicult...ra-iridomyrmex/
Heterotermes cf brevicatena termite pet/feeder journal = http://www.formicult...feeder-journal/
#159 Offline - Posted June 8 2018 - 10:26 PM
6th Strobe ant nanitic ecloses
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Current ant colonies -
1) Opisthopsis Rufithorax (strobe ant), Melophorus sp2. black and orange, Pheidole species, Pheidole antipodum
Journal = http://www.formicult...ra-iridomyrmex/
Heterotermes cf brevicatena termite pet/feeder journal = http://www.formicult...feeder-journal/
#160 Offline - Posted June 12 2018 - 10:17 PM
Polyrhachis rufifemur queen
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Current ant colonies -
1) Opisthopsis Rufithorax (strobe ant), Melophorus sp2. black and orange, Pheidole species, Pheidole antipodum
Journal = http://www.formicult...ra-iridomyrmex/
Heterotermes cf brevicatena termite pet/feeder journal = http://www.formicult...feeder-journal/
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