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Massachusetts Anting Thread

Started By Nathant2131 , Mar 22 2017 12:43 PM
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#741 Offline VoidElecent - Posted August 17 2017 - 9:13 AM

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You guys really need to report some of this stuff to the mating chart.


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#742 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted August 17 2017 - 9:51 AM

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You guys really need to report some of this stuff to the mating chart.

I think many  of us (including me) haven't bothered to record the Temp, Humidity, etc. making it next to useless.


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#743 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted August 17 2017 - 11:24 AM

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What time of day (morning, noon, evening) do Myrmica, Crematogaster, and Pheidole fly?


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#744 Offline RhodyAnts - Posted August 17 2017 - 7:26 PM

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I believe Pheidole fly nearly immediately after an afternoon storm. Never seen any myself yet.

#745 Offline Aquaexploder - Posted August 18 2017 - 5:13 AM

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It look promising for flights tomorrow here in Rhode Island due to the thunderstorms today.

#746 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted August 18 2017 - 6:04 AM

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I saw a really weird looking queen. It was kind of compact, with little ridges all over its body. It was red with a small black stripe on its abdomen. Does anyone have any idea what it was? I'm leaning towards mutated Tetramorium or something.


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Plagiolepis Alluaudi
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Technomyrmex Difficilis
Pheidole Megacephala
Aholehole fish
Cowrie snail
Sea Fan Worm
100+ sea squirts
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Day Gecko
Small Fat Centipede
Endemic Lacewing larva
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#747 Offline Aquaexploder - Posted August 18 2017 - 6:15 AM

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I saw a really weird looking queen. It was kind of compact, with little ridges all over its body. It was red with a small black stripe on its abdomen. Does anyone have any idea what it was? I'm leaning towards mutated Tetramorium or something.


That sounds really cool, did you take pictures?

#748 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted August 18 2017 - 7:02 AM

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Sorry, I didn't. I let her go.


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#749 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted August 18 2017 - 7:14 AM

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I saw a really weird looking queen. It was kind of compact, with little ridges all over its body. It was red with a small black stripe on its abdomen. Does anyone have any idea what it was? I'm leaning towards mutated Tetramorium or something.


Tetramorium atratulum?

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#750 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted August 18 2017 - 8:35 AM

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Maybe. She was bigger than a Tetramorium worker, though. Tetramorium atratulum queens are smaller.


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#751 Offline Aquaexploder - Posted August 18 2017 - 9:27 AM

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I saw a really weird looking queen. It was kind of compact, with little ridges all over its body. It was red with a small black stripe on its abdomen. Does anyone have any idea what it was? I'm leaning towards mutated Tetramorium or something.



Who knows, maybe you discovered a new species!

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#752 Offline ctantkeeper - Posted August 18 2017 - 9:54 AM

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Maybe some sort of Temnothorax queen?


#753 Offline RhodyAnts - Posted August 18 2017 - 12:13 PM

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I saw a really weird looking queen. It was kind of compact, with little ridges all over its body. It was red with a small black stripe on its abdomen. Does anyone have any idea what it was? I'm leaning towards mutated Tetramorium or something.


Was it fuzzy? It sounds A LOT like a velvet ant. I would recommend against handling them too much. Theu are known for their painful sting. Their nick name is cow killer.
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#754 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted August 18 2017 - 12:35 PM

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I saw a really weird looking queen. It was kind of compact, with little ridges all over its body. It was red with a small black stripe on its abdomen. Does anyone have any idea what it was? I'm leaning towards mutated Tetramorium or something.


Was it fuzzy? It sounds A LOT like a velvet ant. I would recommend against handling them too much. Theu are known for their painful sting. Their nick name is cow killer.

 

I am back home now, but I saw like 5 of those when I was in NH for the last week. They do sound a lot like what you are describing. The ones I've seen around here seem a lot less hairy then the ones on google.


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#755 Offline RhodyAnts - Posted August 18 2017 - 5:18 PM

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The ridges in the description are the only reason I'm not absolutely certain.

#756 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted August 19 2017 - 5:37 AM

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She wasn't a velvet ant, despite the fact that they are common in my yard. I think that she actually might have been Myrmica, or maybe even a state record for Trachymyrmex.

I actually caught a Myrmica queen today! She has one wing and is very healthy.


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#757 Offline Salmon - Posted August 19 2017 - 7:08 AM

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I shall search for Trachymyrmex in my region now. (I'm feeling unnecessarily eloquent)
 
Also, I finally caught my Connecticut white whale (a myrmecophile!). It died, but still.
Can you guys guess what it is?


A Myrmecophila cricket? I see lots of those in Camponotus colonies.

#758 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted August 19 2017 - 12:42 PM

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Yep, it was a myrmecophile cricket. I'm probably going to search for more to live with my C. chromaiodes.


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Baby Wolf Spider
Mud Dauber wasp larvae
Ochetellus Glaber
Solenopsis Geminata
Brachymyrmex Obscurior
Cardiocondyla Emeryi
Tetramorium Bicarinatum
Plagiolepis Alluaudi
Anoplolepis Gracilipes
Technomyrmex Difficilis
Pheidole Megacephala
Aholehole fish
Cowrie snail
Sea Fan Worm
100+ sea squirts
Tree seedlings
Ghost Crab
Day Gecko
Small Fat Centipede
Endemic Lacewing larva
Vernal Pool shrimps

#759 Offline Aquaexploder - Posted August 19 2017 - 2:30 PM

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Huge flight here! Myrmica, Solenopsis molesta, and Lasius all flying!
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#760 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted August 19 2017 - 3:29 PM

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*just* found what I believe is a Solenopsis molesta female alate with a parasite in her gaster, found on a high place in my backyard. I'll be looking for a bit longer.


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