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[ponerinecat]

Found a Nievamyrmex trail on a dirt bike trail while hiking in the woods.   The workers were really fast and hard to catch.   I caught 8 ants and put them in a test tube.

 

 

[T.C.]

Got pictures?

[ponerinecat]

 

Also, how should I pin/preserve them? They are so small.

Edited by ponerinecat, May 20 2018 - 9:01 PM.

[T.C.]

 

Also, how should I pin/preserve them? They are so small.

 

Preserve them In 100% alcohol.

[ponerinecat]

Thanks

[gcsnelling]

One of three species, N. californicus, N. nigrescens or N. opacithorax.

 

 

Also, how should I pin/preserve them? They are so small.

 

Preserve them In 100% alcohol.

 

 Point them or maintain the sample in alcohol.

[ponerinecat]

Is it possible to nab a queen?

[gcsnelling]

Nabbing the queen will do nothing but doom the colony.

[ponerinecat]

I've heard of the keeping of other army ant species. Although they are subterranean, perhaps with enough care and a large enough enclosure they can be kept?

[gcsnelling]

I've heard of the keeping of other army ant species. Although they are subterranean, perhaps with enough care and a large enough enclosure they can be kept?

In those cases the colony has always failed. This is one of those groups where they should not be kept.

[ponerinecat]

Huh. That really limits our ability to study behaviors in the nest.