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Coolest ant ever?

Started By AntHUB , Dec 2 2017 11:33 AM
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#1 Offline AntHUB - Posted December 2 2017 - 11:33 AM

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Just a curious question, what do you think the coolest ant ever is. Also what is the coolest ant you've ever kept in captivity.


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#2 Offline AntHUB - Posted December 2 2017 - 11:34 AM

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Overall i would say Strumigenys sp.

 

for the captive species i would say Psuedomyrmex pallidus


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#3 Offline Ants_Texas - Posted December 2 2017 - 12:31 PM

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Most beautiful would probably go to Rhytidoponera.. coolest looking would have to be Odontomachus or Myrmecia for me. The coolest ant I've ever kept is Pseudomyrmex gracilis.


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#4 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted December 2 2017 - 12:35 PM

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Coolest ant I've ever kept: Pseudomyrmex

Largest ant I've ever kept: Camponotus variegatus

Easiest ant I've ever kept: Ochetellus glaber

Most overrated ant I've ever kept: Tetramorium sp.e

Coolest eusocial insect other than ants that I've ever kept: Coptotermes formosanus


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#5 Offline T.C. - Posted December 2 2017 - 12:56 PM

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Everyone knows fire ants! S. Invicta! RIFA! The more invasive the better.

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Nah, I'm just joking. My favorite species would likely be bull dog ants. However the best I have kept is C. noveboracensis.
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#6 Offline VoidElecent - Posted December 2 2017 - 1:01 PM

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Check out Cephalotes clypeatus.


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#7 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted December 2 2017 - 1:14 PM

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Crematogaster scutellaris are my pick for the coolest ants(maybe), or Bull Ants.

Crematogaster minutissima smithi are the coolest I've ever kept


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#8 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted December 2 2017 - 1:26 PM

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Coolest ant I've ever kept: Pseudomyrmex
Largest ant I've ever kept: Camponotus variegatus
Easiest ant I've ever kept: Ochetellus glaber
Most overrated ant I've ever kept: Tetramorium sp.e
Coolest eusocial insect other than ants that I've ever kept: Coptotermes formosanus

I agree, tetramorium sp.e are probably the most boring ant I have!:ugone2far: My favorite ant is C.Noveaboricensis.

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#9 Offline mbullock42086 - Posted December 2 2017 - 2:10 PM

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Myrmecia of any kind are amazing.

I've always wanted Polyrhachis ammon, it's sooooo beautiful, the queens look crazy


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#10 Offline Antsy - Posted December 2 2017 - 4:24 PM

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GOT TO LOVE DEM TURTLE ANTS also what’s special about twig ants

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#11 Offline Leo - Posted December 2 2017 - 5:26 PM

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I found a turtle ant queen before, but it was infertile....

ANYWAYS

 

coolest: Either harpegnathos or leptogenys

Biggest: Pseudoneoponera rupfies


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#12 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted December 2 2017 - 5:59 PM

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7 It has no commander,
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8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.

 

#13 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted December 2 2017 - 6:51 PM

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#14 Offline Martialis - Posted December 2 2017 - 6:54 PM

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Martialis heureka


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Myrmica, you can toss them into almost anything and they'll do good in it.


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#16 Offline Ants_Texas - Posted December 2 2017 - 7:49 PM

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GOT TO LOVE DEM TURTLE ANTS also what’s special about twig ants

They're one of the few ants that are almost more wasp like then ant like. They have all of the Bull Ant characteristics too, amazing vision, great grip, and a painful sting. They're the Americas equivalent to Bull Ants is what I'm getting at.


#17 Offline Hunter - Posted December 3 2017 - 6:35 AM

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Dorylinae, Calomyrmex purpureus, Cataulacus oberthueri, Cephalotes angustus, Eciton vagans, Dasymutilla aureola, are the coolest to me


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#18 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted December 3 2017 - 10:56 AM

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Dasymutilla isn't even an ant.


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#19 Offline Hunter - Posted December 3 2017 - 11:43 AM

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Dasymutilla isn't even an ant.

yes it is


#20 Offline Hunter - Posted December 3 2017 - 11:46 AM

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Dasymutilla isn't even an ant.

yes it is

 

well it kinda is it has more characteristics then a wasp


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