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Townsend, Tennessee (east of Knoxville) - 3/30/17


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#1 Offline rookie - Posted March 30 2017 - 6:22 PM

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Just started getting into ants. I've been lurking around the forum for a while waiting in desperate anticipation of a day such as this! Thanks for taking a look, I'm a little amped up right now.

 

1. Location of collection: Townsend, Tennessee - wooded area near park

2. Date: 3/30/17
3. Habitat of collection: Predominately Hemlock canopy, loose, well drained soil. Beneath a rock, found with several pupae and smaller workers
4. Length: I can't find my ruler, sorry
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture: Jet black body, relatively hairy. Tannish Brown legs and mandibles.
6. Distinguishing characteristics: Hairs on abdomen, distinctly different colored legs and mandibles. Very round abdomen.
7. Anything else distinctive: Small colony. Three workers, Three pupae, and queen. Queen moved very slowly and clumsily.
8. Nest description: Indistinct hole beneath rock, near the side of a tree surrounded by moss.
9 . Post the clearest pictures possible of the top, side, and face of the ant in question, and if possible, their nest and the habitat they were collected in.

 

 

 

 



#2 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted March 31 2017 - 2:42 AM

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We will need pictures and preferably measurements.

#3 Offline rookie - Posted March 31 2017 - 5:11 AM

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Seems like my internet is a POS today. There was an image there when I posted... or at least I thought there was.

 

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#4 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted March 31 2017 - 6:31 AM

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Aphaenogaster species


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#5 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted March 31 2017 - 9:49 AM

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Aphaenogaster sp.


Edited by Nathant2131, March 31 2017 - 10:46 AM.


#6 Offline rookie - Posted March 31 2017 - 1:06 PM

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Thanks!

 

Y'all rock.



#7 Offline VoidElecent - Posted March 31 2017 - 2:17 PM

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Looks a lot like Aphaenogaster picea to me.


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#8 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted March 31 2017 - 2:35 PM

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Looks a lot like Aphaenogaster picea to me.

We can't be sure of that without better magnification (plus, we don't even have the size)



#9 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted April 1 2017 - 9:07 AM

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Yep, Aphaebogaster are VERY hard to ID as they all look very similar.

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