Ponera ID
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- idahoantgirl
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- Location: Idaho, USA
Re: Ponera ID
Sorry, but there is no way we can ID from that picture
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
Re: Ponera ID
Better picture
http://dinofroz4.deviantart.com/art/Image-679573500?ga_submit_new=10%3A1494294954
http://dinofroz4.deviantart.com/art/Image-679573500?ga_submit_new=10%3A1494294954
- Batspiderfish
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- Location: Maine
Re: Ponera ID
The only Ponera species this far north is P. pennsylvanica. She will appreciate some sort of damp test-tube substrate like coconut fiber. She will need a small foraging space, where you can offer her small, soft-bodied arthropods like Drosophila flies.
There is another genus, Hypoponera opacior, which, up here, is restricted to heated buildings. If you found this queen during a nuptial flight, at this time of year, then this might be the species. We would need a much clearer view of the post-petiole to distinguish these two genera.
I can't tell if she is a queen from the photographs. Queens are very worker-like.
There is another genus, Hypoponera opacior, which, up here, is restricted to heated buildings. If you found this queen during a nuptial flight, at this time of year, then this might be the species. We would need a much clearer view of the post-petiole to distinguish these two genera.
I can't tell if she is a queen from the photographs. Queens are very worker-like.
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