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- Mon Jul 04, 2016 7:07 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Two Tetramorium sp. queens?
- Replies: 1
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Re: Two Tetramorium sp. queens?
Your identification is correct
- Mon Jul 04, 2016 1:13 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Possible Queen? [Philippines] [Caught: July 3, 2016.]
- Replies: 4
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Re: Possible Queen? [Philippines] [Caught: July 3, 2016.]
Carebara males can get that big.
- 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.
- 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 ...
- 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
You're not bad at it! I've just been looking at Dorymyrmex a lot recently.Mdrogun wrote:Yeah I see know. I guess I shouldn't try to ID ants I've never seen in real lifeBatspiderfish wrote:Too slender for Dorymyrmex. This is Forelius pruinosus.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.