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by Batspiderfish
Mon Jul 04, 2016 7:07 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Two Tetramorium sp. queens?
Replies: 1
Views: 1643

Re: Two Tetramorium sp. queens?

Your identification is correct :)
by Batspiderfish
Mon Jul 04, 2016 9:24 am
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Possible Queen? [Philippines] [Caught: July 3, 2016.]
Replies: 4
Views: 1873

Re: Possible Queen? [Philippines] [Caught: July 3, 2016.]

This is a male Myrmicinae alate of some sort. Keep looking! Males mean queens are present.
by Batspiderfish
Sun Jul 03, 2016 9:00 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: new ant id
Replies: 18
Views: 6343

Re: new ant id

I'm no expert on Solenopsis invicta , but they are a polygynous in the wild. It's possible that the workers will want to get rid of some of them, since the colony is young. We'll just have to see. Just a FYI he was talking about Solenopsis molesta not Solenopsis invicta. Oops! I would probably say ...
by Batspiderfish
Sun Jul 03, 2016 8:54 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Queen ID- Georgia, USA
Replies: 6
Views: 2813

Re: Queen ID- Georgia, USA

Mdrogun wrote:
Batspiderfish wrote:Too slender for Dorymyrmex. This is Forelius pruinosus.
Yeah I see know. I guess I shouldn't try to ID ants I've never seen in real life :lol:
You're not bad at it! I've just been looking at Dorymyrmex a lot recently. :D
by Batspiderfish
Sun Jul 03, 2016 7:44 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Queen ID- Georgia, USA
Replies: 8
Views: 3039

Re: Queen ID- Georgia, USA

They are native to your area, but whatever sources AntWiki uses in its distribution map don't happen to have samples from your state. I had no idea you collected them as alates. I'll be interested to see if they are mated despite their founding behavior. Tapinoma sessile seems to be a behaviorally c...
by Batspiderfish
Sun Jul 03, 2016 12:58 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Queen ID- Georgia, USA
Replies: 8
Views: 3039

Re: Queen ID- Georgia, USA

It's a good idea to grab workers when you capture queens from a colony, as queen physiology will change over time to the point that they may not be able to rear workers alone (for example, a new queen will break down their wing muscles as a protein source for their larvae.) It may be more forgivable...
by Batspiderfish
Sat Jul 02, 2016 9:24 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: new ant id
Replies: 18
Views: 6343

Re: new ant id

I'm no expert on Solenopsis invicta, but they are a polygynous in the wild. It's possible that the workers will want to get rid of some of them, since the colony is young. We'll just have to see.
by Batspiderfish
Sat Jul 02, 2016 9:13 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Queen ID- Georgia, USA
Replies: 8
Views: 3039

Re: Queen ID- Georgia, USA

Tapinoma sessile. Are you sure it was a colony move? Because they are flying now through much of the country.
by Batspiderfish
Sat Jul 02, 2016 8:08 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: new ant id
Replies: 18
Views: 6343

Re: new ant id

I've tried founding a three-queen colony, but the workers drove out the other two. I have a hunch that rather than being polygynous, colonies might join together at times, similar to the way Temnothorax sometimes do, and then split back apart into single-queen fragments.