Help ID-ing 7 specimens

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yrodro
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Help ID-ing 7 specimens

Post: # 46732Post yrodro
Mon Aug 06, 2018 4:23 pm

This is my first year in the hobby, and my first post. So far I have been quite successful, and have 5 confirmed mated queens (with eggs). Please give me a hand with IDs, as I know no one around north of Indianapolis to learn from.
  • Queens 1 thru 4 were collected mid June, and I expect the first 3 to be Tetramorium, but not #4 (look at those jaws).
  • Ants 5 and 6 are likely not queens, but ID would be appreciated nevertheless. They were collected last week, together with queen 7.
THANKS!!

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idahoantgirl
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Re: Help ID-ing 7 specimens

Post: # 46751Post idahoantgirl
Mon Aug 06, 2018 6:29 pm

1-3 aren't tetramorium, but I can't say what they are, just that they aren't tetramorium. I was thinking Formica but they look too... long and thin to be formica.

4 looks the same as 1-3 (she was just opening her jaws to tend an egg)

5 is hard to say since she still has her wings. Looks to be the same as 1-4 though. Definitely a queen tho.

6 is most likely a worker, but could be a semi claustral something.
7 is either Formica Fusca or Formica Subscirisea.
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

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idahoantgirl
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Re: Help ID-ing 7 specimens

Post: # 46774Post idahoantgirl
Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:34 am

After some thought, the first 3-5 may be Camponotus nearcticus
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

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Batspiderfish
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Re: Help ID-ing 7 specimens

Post: # 46784Post Batspiderfish
Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:26 am

These are all Formica spp. queens except for 6, which is a Camponotus castaneus worker.
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antsofthelowcountry
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Re: Help ID-ing 7 specimens

Post: # 46871Post antsofthelowcountry
Tue Aug 07, 2018 4:21 pm

I think the first two might be a Pogonomyrmex ant species they have the psammophores (ant beards). batspiderfish is the expert though so take his word over mine.
As always, wishing you well on your exciting ant adventure, Ants the Lowcountry.

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