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Started By AnAntKeeperNamedSol , Sep 11 2017 2:41 PM
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#1 Offline AnAntKeeperNamedSol - Posted September 11 2017 - 2:41 PM

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Hello! I need help identifying a species in Maryland. I have two dead ants I need an ID on. Send me your email so I can ship to you. I want proof that you can ID this species, because I only have two ants. They are workers in the Myrmicinae family and don't sting, but that's all I know. Please help!  :D


#2 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted September 11 2017 - 2:43 PM

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Hello! I need help identifying a species in Maryland. I have two dead ants I need an ID on. Send me your email so I can ship to you. I want proof that you can ID this species, because I only have two ants. They are workers in the Myrmicinae family and don't sting, but that's all I know. Please help!  :D

Say what now :thinking:


I accidentally froze all my ants 

#3 Offline T.C. - Posted September 11 2017 - 2:45 PM

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Your post makes no sense. You want a ID, make a properly formatted thread in the ID section of the forum. Nobody wants your dead ants.
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#4 Offline AnAntKeeperNamedSol - Posted September 11 2017 - 2:48 PM

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lol I'm new here, but I want a myrmecologist, not a critic on posting comments.


#5 Offline Spamdy - Posted September 11 2017 - 2:51 PM

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lol I'm new here, but I want a myrmecologist, not a critic on posting comments.

You don't need a myrmecologist to ID your ants... Many members on this fourm can probably easily Identify your dead ants.


All my colonies are dead. 

 

 Except:

  

  Pogonomyrmex barbatus

  Pheidole obscurithorax

  Pheidole morens

#6 Offline T.C. - Posted September 11 2017 - 2:51 PM

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lol I'm new here, but I want a myrmecologist, not a critic on posting comments.


We have a few entomologists. No myrmecologists. Eitherway, no one wants your dead ants. Why can't you post pictures? And I'm not criticizing anyone, your original post makes no sense! Tell me exactly what "I want proof that you can ID this species, because I only have two ants." means?
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#7 Offline StopSpazzing - Posted September 11 2017 - 2:53 PM

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Welcome to the forums. Seeing as you are new, please take a few pictures of them and post in the ID forum to have them properly IDed.


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#8 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted September 11 2017 - 2:59 PM

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lol I'm new here, but I want a myrmecologist, not a critic on posting comments.

Wow, hello to you too.


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I accidentally froze all my ants 

#9 Offline Martialis - Posted September 11 2017 - 3:25 PM

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Hello! I need help identifying a species in Maryland. I have two dead ants I need an ID on. Send me your email so I can ship to you. I want proof that you can ID this species, because I only have two ants. They are workers in the Myrmicinae family and don't sting, but that's all I know. Please help!  :D

 

You aren't going to attract their attention without a correctly formatted post and some proper etiquette.


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#10 Offline AnAntKeeperNamedSol - Posted September 11 2017 - 3:33 PM

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Thanks Martialis, Spamdy and T.C.! Also, sorry T.C I thought you were just being mean, the way you typed. Also, I don't have a good camera, so I can't take a good pic.


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#11 Offline Martialis - Posted September 11 2017 - 3:35 PM

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Then no ID.


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#12 Offline VoidElecent - Posted September 11 2017 - 3:36 PM

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Thanks Martialis, Spamdy and T.C.! Also, sorry T.C I thought you were just being mean, the way you typed. Also, I don't have a good camera, so I can't take a good pic.

 

So, let me get this straight. Instead of trying to even describe the ant(s), you want us to post our home addresses so you can ship dead ants to us, to identify?


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#13 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted September 11 2017 - 3:36 PM

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Thanks Martialis, Spamdy and T.C.! Also, sorry T.C I thought you were just being mean, the way you typed. Also, I don't have a good camera, so I can't take a good pic.

That's fine, sometimes even terrible pics work, it's usually what we deal with ;)  


I accidentally froze all my ants 

#14 Offline BMM - Posted September 11 2017 - 4:01 PM

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Even a basic description and a blurry picture is better than nothing. The worst case scenario is that no one will be able to identify it, which is where this is currently at anyway.


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#15 Offline StopSpazzing - Posted September 11 2017 - 4:17 PM

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Thanks Martialis, Spamdy and T.C.! Also, sorry T.C I thought you were just being mean, the way you typed. Also, I don't have a good camera, so I can't take a good pic.

 

So, let me get this straight. Instead of trying to even describe the ant(s), you want us to post our home addresses so you can ship dead ants to us, to identify?

 

To be fair, he did say ship but nothing about home address, could use a PO BOX.  :)


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