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[Mettcollsuss]

I thought I'd start a thread dedicated to wierd and/or cool looking ants.

I'll start.

Tschinkel winklei
https://www.antweb.o...t=allantwebants

[Dnail]

Turtle ants

http://www.antwiki.o...halotes_varians

[StayLoki]

^^the turtle ants are super cool!!!
I'm gonna have to look for them next time I'm in Florida..not to keep, but just see even!!

[rbarreto]

Wierdest has to be Eciton burchellii, those tiny beady eyes are the creepiest thing ever! 

[CNewton]

Rhytidoponera metallica. Australia has some amazingly colored ants.

[VoidElecent]

Some interesting ants: Camponotus mirabilis, Myrmoteras sp., Mystrium camillae, Thaumatomyrmex atrox.

 

Not as wacky, but some of my favorites, nonetheless: Atopomyrmex mocquerysi, Crematogaster missouriensis, Meranoplus sp., Terataner elegans, Podomyrma gastralis.

Edited by VoidElecent, April 26 2018 - 7:13 AM.

[Ant Broski]

I think these are pretty weird: https://www.alexande...era/Gigantiops/

[StayLoki]

^^ahhhh!! Like a praying mantis or something!! Yikes!! lol

[anttics]

I think these are pretty weird: https://www.alexande...era/Gigantiops/

They might be the ants with the biggest compound eyes. I have ever seen. These must be lethal hunters and hard to catch. I'm guessing they use vision to navigate back home. Instead of smell.

[Martialis]

Thaumatomyrmex sp.

 

Martialis heureka

Edited by Martialis, April 26 2018 - 2:38 PM.

[AntsAreUs]

Discothyrea spp.

Melissotarsus spp.

Mystrium spp.

Probolomyrmex spp. (look at those antennae)

Proatta butteli

Cardiocondyla pirata

Solenopsis phoretica

Tatuidris spp.

Ankylomyrma spp.

Brodoponera electrina

Proceratium spp.

Aulacopone relicta

Acanthoponera peruviana

Loboponera spp.

Santschiella kohli

Anillomyrma spp.

Blepharidatta conops

Dacetinops darlingtoni

Microdaceton spp.

Phalacromyrmex spp.

Tropidomyrmex elianae

Leptomyrmex spp.

Ravavy spp.

Phrynoponera spp. (lil' devil)

Carebara atoma

Tetramorium pulcherrimum

 

I think I missed some.

Edited by AntsAreUs, April 27 2018 - 5:20 PM.

[Zmagz]

I've always been confused by the weird ant Tetramorium atratulum. The males look especially weird. 

[Mettcollsuss]

• Xymmer spp.
• Cataulacus spp.
• Metapone spp.
• Bregmatomyrma carnosa

[CoolColJ]

I think these are pretty weird: https://www.alexande...era/Gigantiops/

 

My strobe ants are not far off that appearance wise, and they have very good eyesight

Aka Opisthopsis rufithorax.

 

 

But it's their movement style that is also interesting. They do short blinking/teleporting type movements

 

Edited by CoolColJ, May 3 2018 - 2:32 AM.

[Canadian anter]

Has anyone put Calyptomyrmex and Proceratium?

 

Cataulacus spp

Psadilomyrmex spp

Zasphinctus spp

Nothomyrmecia spp

Myrmoteras spp

Myrmecorhynchus spp

Martialis ureka

Labidus spp

Harpegnathos spp

[Jonathan21700]

Echinopla sp. 

[sericultivist]

I think these are pretty weird: https://www.alexande...era/Gigantiops/

 

I've seen Gigantiops in the wild before, they spot you from a pretty huge distance away and I remember them being able to jump pretty well.

[Ant Broski]

I think these are pretty weird: https://www.alexande...era/Gigantiops/

 
I've seen Gigantiops in the wild before, they spot you from a pretty huge distance away and I remember them being able to jump pretty well.

What is their main food source?

[Canadian anter]

Echinopla sp. 

I had never heard of these. I've seen stock images of them but I always assumed they were some sort of velvet ant

[AntsAreUs]

After spending 2 hours going through every single Solenopsis specimen on antweb.org I have found the smallest specimen of queen and workers. I couldn't decide which was smaller between 4 workers though. Apart from being very tiny, the only species I found interesting is Solenopsis phoretica.

Queen (parasitic?):

 

 

4 different workers:

Edited by AntsAreUs, June 20 2018 - 10:41 PM.