Identity help - South FL - 6/10/18
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:41 am
Caught 6/2/18
South FL, USA
Length: 5mm
South FL, USA
Length: 5mm
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Identity help - South FL - 6/10/18
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Re: Identity help - South FL - 6/10/18
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 7:35 pm
1000000% Brachymyremex Patagonicus.They Spin Coocons.
Re: Identity help - South FL - 6/10/18
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 10:40 am
I have five of these. I caught them all within about a 7 square foot area.
I think I saw a video from Ender ants where he founded a colony with two queens of this species. Would it be advisable to try this as well, or should I just put them in a test tube set up individually like usual?
Also, what type of sand should I use in it's out world? When I found these and they were coming out of cracks in cement pavement.
Re: Identity help - South FL - 6/10/18
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 11:32 am
There are two darker Brachymyrmex spp. in that area and we wouldn't be able to tell them apart from this picture.
Re: Identity help - South FL - 6/10/18
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:26 pm
Is there a specific thing that I should try to focus on for a better picture?Batspiderfish wrote: ↑Tue Jun 12, 2018 11:32 amThere are two darker Brachymyrmex spp. in that area and we wouldn't be able to tell them apart from this picture.
Re: Identity help - South FL - 6/10/18
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 1:01 pm
Sufficient detail to see the hair coverage on the body.Goost1049 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:26 pmIs there a specific thing that I should try to focus on for a better picture?Batspiderfish wrote: ↑Tue Jun 12, 2018 11:32 amThere are two darker Brachymyrmex spp. in that area and we wouldn't be able to tell them apart from this picture.
Re: Identity help - South FL - 6/10/18
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 10:20 pm
This was the best i could get todayBatspiderfish wrote: ↑Tue Jun 12, 2018 1:01 pmSufficient detail to see the hair coverage on the body.Goost1049 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:26 pmIs there a specific thing that I should try to focus on for a better picture?Batspiderfish wrote: ↑Tue Jun 12, 2018 11:32 amThere are two darker Brachymyrmex spp. in that area and we wouldn't be able to tell them apart from this picture.
Re: Identity help - South FL - 6/10/18
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 10:45 pm
You can call it Brachymyrmex cf. patagonicus, which means that it resembles that species, but that you were unable to match/verify it.
Re: Identity help - South FL - 6/10/18
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 6:37 am
Cool. Thanks for your help guys.Batspiderfish wrote: ↑Tue Jun 12, 2018 10:45 pmYou can call it Brachymyrmex cf. patagonicus, which means that it resembles that species, but that you were unable to match/verify it.
Re: Identity help - South FL - 6/10/18
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 7:24 pm
They Participate In Plemostrosis.Just Not Polygynous!Goost1049 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 6:37 amCool. Thanks for your help guys.Batspiderfish wrote: ↑Tue Jun 12, 2018 10:45 pmYou can call it Brachymyrmex cf. patagonicus, which means that it resembles that species, but that you were unable to match/verify it.