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sugar ants, what are they called....


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#1 Offline AntsTexas - Posted May 23 2016 - 2:29 PM

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the little black ants that come in our homes......


Edited by dspdrew, May 23 2016 - 5:42 PM.
Fixed IM shorthand in title

Ant Queens found:

 

Solenopsis Invicta,  Solenopsis xyloni,  Brachymyrmex depilis/Sp,  Myrmecocystus Mimicus,  Pogonomyrmex barbatus,

Forelius pruinosus,  Camponotus sayi, Dorymyrmex insanus, crematogaster ashmeadi,

 

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Ant Queens i have going right now:

 

camponotus sayi, solenopsis invicta, Myrmecocystus Mimicus, Forelius pruinosus

Pogonomyrmex barbatus, and some others (no i.d.)

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#2 Offline drtrmiller - Posted May 23 2016 - 3:06 PM

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A number of indoor invasives are referred to colloquially as sugar ants.  Linepithema, Tapinoma sp., Brachymyrmex sp., and Monomorium pharaonis (although not black), to name a few.


Edited by drtrmiller, May 23 2016 - 3:06 PM.

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#3 Offline AntsTexas - Posted May 23 2016 - 5:00 PM

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thanks


Ant Queens found:

 

Solenopsis Invicta,  Solenopsis xyloni,  Brachymyrmex depilis/Sp,  Myrmecocystus Mimicus,  Pogonomyrmex barbatus,

Forelius pruinosus,  Camponotus sayi, Dorymyrmex insanus, crematogaster ashmeadi,

 

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Ant Queens i have going right now:

 

camponotus sayi, solenopsis invicta, Myrmecocystus Mimicus, Forelius pruinosus

Pogonomyrmex barbatus, and some others (no i.d.)

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YouTube:  AntsTexas

 

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/cdockray1

 

Facebook page:  AntsTexas





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