ID this unknown queen

feeds@yuku.com (ShawnLG) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:54:28 GMT

I have found this queen outside on the ground a week ago. She has not layed any eggs yet. Her length is 1/4 inch.

Queen ant??

feeds@yuku.com (KNG5) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:13:08 GMT

Can you guys help me on identifying this ant, and if it's a queen? If she is a queen, what are the chances of her being able to lay fertile eggs, since she still has wings? She's a big black ant, bigger than my Tetramorium queen. Her abdomen is huge. She has these weird hair looking things coming out of her mouth. I found her in my pool. Sorry for the bad picture quality, the pictures were taken with my video camera. I am in Kansas City, MO if that helps with the identification.
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Accidential Bating (Many Pictures)

feeds@yuku.com (MrILoveTheAnts) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:48:28 GMT

Well as some of you know, I'm a beekeeper. Recently I harvested honey from the hives. Well all the wax shavings from the cells and bur comb (comb not built directly on the frame,) seemed to be doing nothing. So I started throwing them out in the compost pile before realizing the mess load of bees they would attract. Note that my compost pile is strictly for grass clippings and leaves. So the bees came and cleaned everything off, and they've since stopped. Well well what's left...

ID Request (300k of images)

feeds@yuku.com (yliza) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:26:34 GMT

I found this ant in my yard this afternoon (upstate South Carolina). It is by far the biggest ant I've seen, assuming it's an ant at all, at 5/8" long.

I was fairly certain she wasn't a queen (plus I have enough queens for the moment), so I released her outside. Unfortunately, my dog (Gojirro) ate her. Sure hope I was right!

Mystery Ant redux: ID requested (2 photos) (Forelius pruinosus)

feeds@yuku.com (yliza) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:17:41 GMT

This is one of the Mystery Ants that I have in my yard. We recently had some rain after a 2 week dry spell, and I noticed a lot of activity in this particular colony. I saw several male alates, and I spotted a female alate today. Not sure if this ant is a queen, but she has the bulbous yellow thorax that the alate queen had. My tape measure is MIA, so I can only guess her size at about 1/8". (UPDATE: tape measure found, she is about 3/16" long.) These ants have always appeared...

My experiment with Tapinoma sessile

feeds@yuku.com (Vendayn) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:40:24 GMT

I posted this in a thread. But, I thought it might make a good discussion for a thread.

I have a theory with Tapinoma sessile. Now I won't be able to test this right away, not until they expand more (could be until next year even, if they don't produce alates this year). Well, from what I read this is a non-aggressive ant. Although, I have seen them attacking a small Argentine ant nest where I released them. They would run into the hole, run out, then the Argentine ant would...

Mysteries (Comic) Ants

feeds@yuku.com (protosome) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:05:00 GMT

Figured you might enjoy this comic. --Contains strong language.
Mysteries <--click me to go to comic.

--Preview--

Is this a queen?

feeds@yuku.com (KNG5) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:19:40 GMT

I found a large red ant walking on the sidewalk, near our pool. I saw another ant like her yesterday, but moved her to a different location so I know they aren't the same ants. They are the biggest ants I've seen in the area. Other than these two, I haven't seen any more like them. This ant is red, and has beady black eyes. It has some stripes on its abdomen. Here's a picture, though it's not very good. I am in KC, Missouri if that helps at all. Mostly, I just want to know...

Ants & Eggs Spotted Under Rock

feeds@yuku.com (Schleich) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:34:52 GMT

When I was in my backyard I tracked an ant colony back to a rock by putting honey on a piece of paper as a lure.

When I lifted the rock yesterday, there were no eggs. When I lifted it today to show my friend, there was about 30 eggs. I did not spot a queen as I didnt want to startle the colony too much. Later on I looked again, the eggs were being moved.

Were are the ants taking the eggs, and why?

Should I capture the ants and put them in a plaster nest?

Merced

feeds@yuku.com (Villosa) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:35:07 GMT

Last Sunday my mom came for a visit from Merced and brought me a "red ant" she said she found wandering nearby the lake. I looked at her and indeed she was a pogo, very possibly P. californicus. My mom says she's seen them crawling around for weeks now over there so I definately want to get down there quick for a look see...2 hours drive though...4 hours round trip, yikes...the gas money!! Anyway, it's worth it imo, anyone from Merced here?

Ant Identification Revisited

feeds@yuku.com (dantrell) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:07:22 GMT

Hello,

Earlier today around 1pm I found what I believe to be a queen ant. I unfortunately have no camera with which to take photos. All I can provide is a very bad description I'm afraid.

The ant is:

1. Black and around 1 inch long (Carpenter Ant?).
2. The abdomen is about 3 times as long as the head.
3. The thorax doesn't really appear to be muscular (if...

Please Identify Ant

feeds@yuku.com (Schleich) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:54:48 GMT

They are black in colour, dark dark black. They appear not to like the heat/light to much and obviously dont dig deep as my backyard after a couple inches is hard clay. I live in Ontario, Canada so they are a species that lives in cold and hot wheather. They are very, very small in size. Found the ant in garden soil.

I will edit this with a picture of a few ants collecting some honey I put on a piece of paper in order to get this picture.

[Links to ant picture under...

Day of Hiking Part 2 (Pogonomyrmex spotted) PICS

feeds@yuku.com (Antimidation) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:31:18 GMT

Took another trip out to the hills and open spaces near me and i took some pictures of some active Pogonomyrmex (californicus?). I am practicing as much as i can with this camera and the shots seem to be getting slightly better as i go. Hope you enjoy.

This one actually stopped and looked at me which is exactly what i wanted.

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Crematogaster and Mystery Ant IDs requested (big photos)

feeds@yuku.com (yliza) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:20:44 GMT

This ant was identified yesterday as a Crematogaster species. I scooped up a worker and tried to get some better photos, is it possible to tell what kind of Crematogaster this is?

I've also been trying to get a...

One more time on MexicANTS>>>(multiple images)

feeds@yuku.com (huntermx) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:32:04 GMT

Let me know if your getting bored...

This is the same type of very large (1.5cm) solitary GOLD ant I posted in my first post. Came across another today and after allot of patience managed some pretty good shots of her.

What kind of ants are we? (Big photo file sizes).

feeds@yuku.com (Vulgaris) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:36:22 GMT

some of these ants were just walking around aimlessly in the workshop. can anybody tell what kind they are from these crappy pics? the thingsjsut would not hold still for pics lol

by the way this is in central Pennsylvania

Solenopsis xyloni took flight (56k warning)

feeds@yuku.com (Sparky) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:30:03 GMT

I'm glad that they had females coming out this time... Last year only males flew. My friend took a couple of pictures while I was getting something to catch them in. After I got back, I took some macro pics. This time I told the neighbors not to spray the ants with raid just yet. Well here are a couple of pics from the flight. I don't know if this is useful information, but I am located in Southern California and the temp was in the good 90's with a humidity constantly changing...

Here is my attempt at making an ant using Spore Creature Creator

feeds@yuku.com (Vendayn) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:04:29 GMT

Spore is a game coming out in September, but the demo (full featured demo costs 10 dollars, free version has 25% of the content) came out recently. If you want to know more about Spore, there is lots of info on google...its hopefully going to be an awesome game.

It was hard to make it exactly look like an ant, and I have a limited amount of time tonight to make it better...but here is what I've done so far. Feel free to comment on it...I've wanted to make an ant with...

Anting in my yard (huge photo)

feeds@yuku.com (yliza) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:34:55 GMT

While exploring my yard today I came across a line of ants traveling back and forth through the grass. Following the trail, I encountered this:

Don't know what they found, but it must've been yummy. They traveled pretty far to get here. I'm guessing these are Tetramorium, but of course I don't know for sure. Amazing what...

Pavement ants in the news in Halifax, Nova Scotia...or are they?

feeds@yuku.com (Biddybot) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:58:12 GMT

Caught a local TV news segment about ants today. Apparently, 'pavement ants' (presumably Tetramorium caespitum) have turned up in some Halifax homeowners' backyards and are stinging people and causing problems. The species was reported to be new to the area, an exotic that had likely been accidently introduced from the southeastern States--true enough in any case--but I'm really wondering about that ID, based on the following:

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