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I live in Northern Georgia and have been wonder what kind of ants are around here and when would be the best time to search for them. If any Georgia antkeepers could help me out I would really appreciate it. Hello I'm from north Carolina but have been to Georgia a few times. ants I know for a fact ...

Sargentnoid wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 14, 2018 10:07 pm

i actually found them under a 4" block of 2x4 out in the wide open in my back yard kind of a open gravel area

ok thank you I'm going to start looking at some old wood we have laying around

Well now that I looked at all the pictures you have of her I'm not certain of my assumption I know it isn't a camponotus now sorry I didn't see the other pictures and thought she was much bigger as I said batspider could probably ID her

KinmanPack777 wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 14, 2018 9:33 pm

Can anyone see the Picture of the ant i posted

Yes we can that's a ant queen alright it looks like a C. Herculaneus to me but I'm sure batspiderfish can give you a more positive ID

Well, we can tell they are myrmecine ants. Solenopsis or Pheidole are the most likely possibilities, given the description of their nest. SO based off the description and photo do you belive it could be a B. Depilis I have heard a lot about them and they do look a little similar and update I was cl...

Well, we can tell they are myrmecine ants. Solenopsis or Pheidole are the most likely possibilities, given the description of their nest. SO based off the description and photo do you belive it could be a B. Depilis I have heard a lot about them and they do look a little similar and update I was cl...

I am still new enough at this that I don't know what to be excited about yet but thanks for the help not shure why I didn't ad a ruler for scale in those pictures but here is some with a ruler http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o522/sargentnoid/20180614_152140_zpszzaztnye.jpg http://i1146.photobuc...

I got a very good look at their queen is their any specific solenopsis or pheidole species I should look into I know for a fact these guys aren't invicta and so far as I can tell they cant sting as I have had a few crawl on me the queens body was orange like the workers with a dark brownish head and...

Batspiderfish wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 14, 2018 2:30 pm

Even if they are not the best pictures, any pictures at all would help.

ok I will attempt to get some good pictures of them they are now in a plastic container with some testtubes I'm hopin gthey will move out of the soil that I scooped up when I caught them I'm really excited because I was able to actually see the queen in the container with them