Need Help Identifying my ant!!!
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Need Help Identifying my ant!!!
Hi I need some help identifying my queen ant who I caught last September (2017) in Virginia, USA. I tried to hibernate my queen but she refused to hibernate for reasons that I do not know. I currently am keeping my queen ant in a warm room and she has begun laying eggs again. She seems to be semi claustral but refuses to eat any insects and only eats fruits (apples, oranges, etc.). I am currently researching her and need some additional help. So far I am assuming that she is a Tapinoma sessile queen ant. Please feel free to email at scorpionkim2004@gmail.com! AntLove4Ever
Formica Sp. E queen - 0 workers, batch of eggs
On the look for more queens...
On the look for more queens...
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Re: Need Help Identifying my ant!!!
Photos? no one can identify without pics, and no one is going to want to email you.AngeredFlame850 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2018 8:47 amHi I need some help identifying my queen ant who I caught last September (2017) in Virginia, USA. I tried to hibernate my queen but she refused to hibernate for reasons that I do not know. I currently am keeping my queen ant in a warm room and she has begun laying eggs again. She seems to be semi claustral but refuses to eat any insects and only eats fruits (apples, oranges, etc.). I am currently researching her and need some additional help. So far I am assuming that she is a Tapinoma sessile queen ant. Please feel free to email at scorpionkim2004@gmail.com! AntLove4Ever
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
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Re: Need Help Identifying my ant!!!
I was only able upload a youtube video due to the fact that my pc refused to accept images from my phone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1VUFJ05TCo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1VUFJ05TCo
Formica Sp. E queen - 0 workers, batch of eggs
On the look for more queens...
On the look for more queens...
Re: Need Help Identifying my ant!!!
I cant tell what type it is because I can not see any distinguishing features like petiole nodes can you post some pictures when her wings fall off.
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Re: Need Help Identifying my ant!!!
Her wings have been on for 4 months now... I'll try to get a clearer shot of her
Formica Sp. E queen - 0 workers, batch of eggs
On the look for more queens...
On the look for more queens...
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Re: Need Help Identifying my ant!!!
Here is a better video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMtqF8KoTh0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMtqF8KoTh0
Formica Sp. E queen - 0 workers, batch of eggs
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On the look for more queens...
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Re: Need Help Identifying my ant!!!
AngeredFlame850 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2018 8:04 pmHer wings have been on for 4 months now... I'll try to get a clearer shot of her
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMtqF8KoTh0
Formica Sp. E queen - 0 workers, batch of eggs
On the look for more queens...
On the look for more queens...
Re: Need Help Identifying my ant!!!
It looks like a odorous house ant, or tapinoma sessile, except for the abdomen which I can not see clearly because of the wings. But that does not explain the eating habits because these ants are omnivores eating insects and plant fluids.
Re: Need Help Identifying my ant!!!
BTW, the new video is so much higher quality, it helps a lot in trying to identify the ant!
Re: Need Help Identifying my ant!!!
just took another look at the pictures, is that fungus on her back!?
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