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Re: is this a pavement ant (tetremorium sp. E)
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 4:38 pm
by AntsDakota
antnest8 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 11:45 am
that's weird ant maps says their is no native species of tetramorium in most of the US
Tetramorium immigrans and caespitum invaded the U.S. They are considered invasive species. Also, it could be caespitum too, because they look pretty much identical, yet caespitum is bigger. I've seen colonies of both. They are both polymorphic, and I've heard that they are polygynous, yet I've heard that they are not as well.
They have mini stingers, are aggressive, and can grow their colonies into the 10s of thousands.
And isn't it such a coincidence that we are always posting on the same topics? (Rhetorik, this includes you too)
Re: is this a pavement ant (tetremorium sp. E)
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 8:51 pm
by idahoantgirl
AntsDakota wrote: ↑Sun Apr 15, 2018 4:38 pm
antnest8 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 11:45 am
that's weird ant maps says their is no native species of tetramorium in most of the US
Tetramorium immigrans and caespitum invaded the U.S. They are considered invasive species. Also, it could be caespitum too, because they look pretty much identical, yet caespitum is bigger. I've seen colonies of both. They are both polymorphic, and I've heard that they are polygynous, yet I've heard that they are not as well.
They have mini stingers, are aggressive, and can grow their colonies into the 10s of thousands.
And isn't it such a coincidence that we are always posting on the same topics? (Rhetorik, this includes you too)
In America we have Tetramorium Immigrans. Europe has Tetramorium Caespitum. That was a recent development. I tried the whole polygyny thing with mine, but it didnt work out.
Re: is this a pavement ant (tetremorium sp. E)
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 7:05 pm
by antnest8
hmm maybe i have both in my back yard because some are slightly larger than others but this could be the polymorphic part.
Re: is this a pavement ant (tetremorium sp. E)
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 4:56 pm
by AntsDakota
idahoantgirl wrote: ↑Sun Apr 15, 2018 8:51 pm
AntsDakota wrote: ↑Sun Apr 15, 2018 4:38 pm
antnest8 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 11:45 am
that's weird ant maps says their is no native species of tetramorium in most of the US
Tetramorium immigrans and caespitum invaded the U.S. They are considered invasive species. Also, it could be caespitum too, because they look pretty much identical, yet caespitum is bigger. I've seen colonies of both. They are both polymorphic, and I've heard that they are polygynous, yet I've heard that they are not as well.
They have mini stingers, are aggressive, and can grow their colonies into the 10s of thousands.
And isn't it such a coincidence that we are always posting on the same topics? (Rhetorik, this includes you too)
In America we have Tetramorium Immigrans. Europe has Tetramorium Caespitum. That was a recent development. I tried the whole polygyny thing with mine, but it didnt work out.
Antweb, which is a highly trusted database of ants (even trusted by AntsCanada) has collected several specimens of Tetramorium caespitum in the U.S. Antweb is runned by experienced myrmecologists and taxonomists, including Brian Fisher.