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Gracilis-group Twig Ants (Complex Pseudomyrmex gracilis)Observer
mason_sDescription
Very large
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Bicolored Amazon Ant (Polyergus bicolor)Observer
cheetolord02Description
Super exciting! A very large colony with hundreds of hosts and bios found nesting in a large fallen tree that was thoroughly rotted through.
Parasitizing Formica subaenescens: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/162347950
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Myrmicine Ants (Subfamily Myrmicinae)Observer
weevilydayDescription
This ant was one of a cluster around a tear in a cherry tomato. The tomato was around 25mm diameter
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Japanese Wood Ant (Formica japonica)Observer
gigunDescription
クロヤマアリの巣内から見つけた繭と幼虫
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Formica polyctenaObserver
myrmecophilDescription
a lot of workers getting stuck in resin in a nearby tree
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Topoff's Amazon Ant (Polyergus topoffi)Observer
froggy143Description
This colony was pretty small, probably only about 20 or so Polyergus workers, and no brood. Probably a first year colony.
With Formica gnava hosts.
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Solenopsia imitatrixObserver
andrea_montechiariniDescription
Collected in a small patch of roadside meadow under a stone, in association with Solenopsis fugax (typical form).
The Solenopsis were nested near Lasius flavus, Plagiolepis sp. and Tetramorium impurum colonies.
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Genus ChelanerObserver
lenvanderwaagDescription
This tiny ant stood out with its colourful body as it was exposed by the removal of the row of logs that lay on the ground.
There was only one of these ants to be seen during this chore undertaken in a garden.
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Argentine Ant (Linepithema humile)Observer
gene70Description
Observation is for smaller ants on harvester ant.
- First three photos are cropped from three of the last four photos.
- Smaller ants seemed to be attacking Harvester ant(s) as they left a small hole. I wasn't clear which ant exit/entrance hole it was. But i saw the Harvester ant enter and exit, then get attacked.
- Observation/post for Harvester ants is found here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155903749
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Bullet Ant (Paraponera clavata)Observer
bugbaerDescription
Some sort of ant fight
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Ants (Family Formicidae)Observer
nat6765Description
About 10mm long, heading to higher ground due to flooding.
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Ants (Family Formicidae)Observer
going_nativeDescription
Saw about 4 ants with a yellow color followed by an all black ant.
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jackychiangmaiPlace
100 Huay Kaew Rd, Tambon Su Thep, Amphoe Mueang Chiang Mai, Chang Wat Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand (Google, OSM)
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Eastern Black Carpenter Ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus)Observer
drphotinusDescription
Carpenter ants feeding upon an orange. This gives one ample opportunity for experiments.
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Genus LordomyrmaObserver
myrmecophilDescription
after some long discussion, we came to the conclusion that this is a very weird highland Lordomyrma
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Aenictus Army Ants (Genus Aenictus)Observer
cjhoward1992Description
Under large stone, in Pheidole nest
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Odorous Ants (Subfamily Dolichoderinae)Observer
clackestateDescription
red mouth parts
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Carpenter Ants (Genus Camponotus)Observer
guryonatanDescription
Queen surrounded by workers
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Texas Leaf-cutter Ant (Atta texana)Observer
umuellerDescription
Crossing of an Atta texana trail with a trail of the harvester ant Pogonomymrex barbatus. The two photos posted here are identical, but in the first photo I marked the Atta trail in yellow, and the Pogonomyrmex trail in red. The direction of the leafcutter mound is towards the bottom of the photo, and the leafcutter workers carry forage to their mound about 90 meter distant from this intersection of trails. The direction of the Pogonomyrmex mound is towards the right about 12 meter distant.
I have seen crossings of busy trails of these two species only a few times; the two species seem to avoid each other on the ground, although mounds can be in close proximity. It is more frequent to see crossing trails of these two species where the trail of one species is inactive (no foraging workers) and only one trail is therefore active. At this particular crossing here, interestingly, trails from both species were very busy. Forager ants from the two species frequently bumped into each other at the intersection. There were no fights, no carnage, no pile of mutilated workers as can happen in the tropics when a leafcutter-ant trail and an army-ant trail intersect. Here, any disoriented workers from each species quickly found their own species' exit from the intersection, without veering off into the trail of the other species. This is because workers from each species are following the unique pheromone trail of their own species.
The exact location of the leafcutter mound to which the leafcutter workers belong is here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103186710
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Ranavalonae-group Cocktail Ants (Complex Crematogaster ranavalonae)Observer
xiaodoudou
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Genus ThaumatomyrmexObserver
joaopsmDescription
Coleta de serrapilheira submetida a extrator de Winkler.
