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Re: Worker ant identification

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 9:40 pm
by MichaelJones
Does Dorymyrmex insanus prefer Dry or moist nests? Need a reply ASAP, I been researching but cant find anything

Re: Worker ant identification

Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:42 pm
by Canadiananter
I think the first one is Dorymyrmex bureni and the second one is Dormyrmex insanus. The major looks like Pogonomyrmex badius to me

Re: Worker ant identification

Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 8:55 pm
by Batspiderfish
I can't really make out a cone-like propodium on the first workers, why not Forelius pruinosus?

Re: Worker ant identification

Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 11:55 am
by Aaron567
Batspiderfish wrote:
Sat Mar 18, 2017 8:55 pm
I can't really make out a cone-like propodium on the first workers, why not Forelius pruinosus?
I was thinking the same thing, but James Trager said they "appear" to be Dorymyrmex. There looks to be several Dorymyrmex in my area, and these look like D. bossutus to me now. D. smithi, D. bureni, and D. grandulus are all in my area as well.

Re: Worker ant identification

Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 11:57 am
by Aaron567
Canadiananter wrote:
Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:42 pm
I think the first one is Dorymyrmex bureni and the second one is Dormyrmex insanus. The major looks like Pogonomyrmex badius to me
The second one (including the major) is Pheidole obscurithorax. Dorymyrmex insanus is in the Western United States :P

Re: Worker ant identification

Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 5:57 pm
by Martialis
D. insanus extends to the eastern U.S.

Re: Worker ant identification

Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 6:40 pm
by Aaron567
Martialis wrote:
Sun Apr 23, 2017 5:57 pm
D. insanus extends to the eastern U.S.
But they aren't in Florida.

Re: Worker ant identification

Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 6:48 pm
by Martialis
Indeed.