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Started By MichiganAnts , Feb 17 2017 3:23 PM

Best Answer MichiganAnts , February 27 2017 - 9:41 PM

nvm they are Temnothorax longispinosus

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#1 Offline MichiganAnts - Posted February 17 2017 - 3:23 PM

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(yes I'm just posting an imgur link since i took like 20 pics)

 

http://imgur.com/a/1oJbL

 

Ants are solid black, much smaller than a T. sessile worker. Seem to be built like a bullet ant. They were caught in a log on 2/17/17 at ~6pm 

 

 

here's the best pic of the queen A1MljQn.jpg


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#2 Offline Kevin - Posted February 17 2017 - 3:27 PM

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It's hard to tell with that picture, but it reminds me of Apheanogaster.


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#3 Offline Californian Anter - Posted February 17 2017 - 3:28 PM

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A wild guess, but I would say Monomorium.


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#4 Offline Canadian anter - Posted February 17 2017 - 3:36 PM

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Looks like a Leptothorax so or a Myrmecina
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#5 Offline MichiganAnts - Posted February 17 2017 - 3:46 PM

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do these help? 

 

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#6 Offline Batspiderfish - Posted February 17 2017 - 9:09 PM

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It's too difficult to say, through that cloudy plastic. The lighting needs to be better as well.


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#7 Offline MichiganAnts - Posted February 17 2017 - 11:09 PM

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this issue is the size of these ants. look at the _ on your keyboard.. they are about that sized and I'm trying to move them to a test tube atm


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#8 Offline MonkeySword - Posted February 23 2017 - 7:05 PM

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I am now in possession of these particular ants.  Tried to get a good picture but this is the best I could get with my low-res microscope.  Maybe it will help?

 

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Workers are around 2.5mm and the queen is only slightly larger, maybe 3-3.5mm.


#9 Offline MichiganAnts - Posted February 27 2017 - 4:10 PM

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found another colony of these today.. here's some pics

http://imgur.com/a/195Ea

 

 

 

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#10 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted February 27 2017 - 4:47 PM

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Could it be Tetramorium?

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Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#11 Offline Canadian anter - Posted February 27 2017 - 4:58 PM

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Leptothorax sp
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#12 Offline MonkeySword - Posted February 27 2017 - 5:11 PM

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Leptothorax sp

 

This was also my best guess.


#13 Offline MichiganAnts - Posted February 27 2017 - 5:19 PM

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I'm going to agree it is Leptothorax.. thanks everyone! no idea what subspecies though... it seems they are even more rare than my Camponotus Near.


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Camponotus Noveboracensis

 

Tetramorium

#14 Offline MichiganAnts - Posted February 27 2017 - 9:41 PM   Best Answer

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nvm they are Temnothorax longispinosus


Owner of MichiganAnts, a YouTube Channel dedicated to all my Michigan colonies found and raise in my backyard

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Keeper of:

 

Camponotus Pennsylvanicus

 

Camponotus Noveboracensis

 

Tetramorium

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