Dr. Ant's Tips for figuring out the NTA
Name That Ant 1 (2-26-2002) Acanthosticus
Name That Ant 2 (3-7-2002) Cerapachys ficosus
Name That Ant 3 (3-10-2002) Leptanilloides legionaria
Name That Ant 4 (3-15-2002) Oxypoecus rastratus
Name That Ant 5 (3-21-2002) Aenictus sp. Borneo
Name That Ant 6 (4-2-2002) Aphaenogaster loriai, Irian Jaya
Name That Ant 7 (4-9-2002) Centromyrmex brachycola
Name That Ant 8 (4-17-2002) Polyrachis bellicose
Name That Ant 9 (4-24-2002) Cardiocondyla paradoxa
Name That Ant 10 (5-2-2002) Apterostigma sp.
Name That Ant 11 (5-11-2002) Mycetophylax emeryi
Name That Ant 12 (5-22-2002) Procryptocerus species.
Name That Ant 13 (5-30-2002) Pachycondyla (Termitipone) commutate
Name That Ant 14 (6-10-2002) Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi.
Name That Ant 15 (6-16-2002) Neivamyrmex ectopus Wilson
Name That Ant 16 (6-24-2002) Manica mutica Emery
Name That Ant 17 (7-4-2002) Podomyrma laevifrons (F. Smith)
Name That Ant 18 (7-14-2002) Pogonomyrmex anzensis Cole
Name That Ant 19 (7-21-2002) Manica bradleyi
Name That Ant 20 (8-1-2002) Camponotus ulcerosus Wheeler
Name That Ant 21 (8-10-2002) Nomamyrmex esenbecki
Name That Ant 22 (8-19-2002) Pachycondyla villosa
Name That Ant 23 (9-1-2002) Odontomachus chelifer
Special Name That Ant (9-2-2002) Ecitovagus gibbus Masner
Name That Ant 24 (9-8-2002) Amblyopone australis
Name That Ant 25 (9-15-2002) Myopias species.
Name That Ant 26 (9-22-2002) Echinopla sp.
Name That Ant 27 (10-5-2002) Leptogenys unistimulosa Roger
Name That Ant 28 (10-13-2002) Atta cephalotes
Name That Ant 29 (10-26-2002) Gnamptogenys striatus Mayr
Name That Ant 30 (11-10-2002) Dinoponera quadriceps and Hypoponera opacior
Name That Ant 31 (11-21-2002) Dorylus nigricans??
Name That Ant 32 (12-08-2002) Pheidole ursus
Name That Ant 33 (12-21-2002) Camponotus heathi
Name That Ant 34 (1-1-2003) Leptothorax sp.
Name That Ant 35 (1-12-2003) Myrmoteras sp.
Name That Ant 36 (1-26-2003) Labidus mars
Name That Ant 37 (2-13-2003) Pheidole desertorum
Name That Ant 38 (2-23-2003)Myrmicaria brunnea
Name That Ant 39 (3-03-2003) Trachymyrmex dichorus
Name That Ant 40 (3-13-2003) Dolichoderus dentatus
Name That Ant 41 (3-29-2003; April Fools Special) -- Bethylid)
The Real Name That Ant 41 (40102003) Leptothorax pergandei
Name That Ant 42 (4-13-2003) (Dorymyrmex flavus
Name That Ant 43 (4-22-2003) Camponotus schmitzi
Name That Ant 44 (5-5-2003) Calomyrmex splendidus
Name That Ant 45 (5-21-2003) Opisthopsis rufoniger Forel
Name That Ant 46 (6-7-2003) Neivamyrmex pilosus (F. Smith)
Name Those Ants 47 (7-2-2003) Leptothorax wilsoni and Dolopomyrmex pilatusenus
Name That Ant 48 (7-13-2003) Military cartoon ant
Name That Ant 49 (7-23-2003) Formica subpolita
Name That Ant 50 (8-16-2003) Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus
Name That Ant 51 (8-31-2003) Gigantiops destructor
Name That Ant 52 (9-13-2003) Dolichoderus clarkia
Name That Ant 53 (10-4-2003) Leptothorax isabellae
Name That Ant 54 (10-26-2003) Orectognathus mjobergi
Name That Ant 55 (11-15-2003) Neivamyrmex graciellae
Name That Ant 56 (12-16-2003) Pachycondyla tridentate
Name That Ant 57 (1-11-2004) Rhytidoponera sp.
Name That Ant 58 (2-8-2004) Platythyrea punctata
Name That Ant 59 (4-15-2004) Solenopsis daguerrei
Name That Ant 60 (5-12-2004) Formica perpilosa
Name That Ant 61 (6-6-2004) Axinidris acholli
Name That Ant 62 (7-18-2004) Neivamyrmex opacithorax (All but first post are lost) (See NTA#93)
Name That Ant 63 (8-24-2004) (Pogonomyrmex rugosa?) (Some posts are missing)
Name That Ant 64 (9-19-2004) (All but first post are lost)
Name That Ant 65 (10-27-2004) (All but first post are lost) Name that Ant Again 65 (11-21-2009) Anochetus emarginatus
Name That Ant 66 (11-23-2004) (All but first post are lost) Name that Ant Again 66 (15-12-2009) Plectroctena ugandensis
Name That Ant 67 (1-30-2005) (All but first post are lost)
Name That Ant 68 (4-2-2005) Myrmecocystus mexicanus
Name That Ant 69 (4 July 2005) Aphaenogaster floridana
Name That Ant 70 (9-4-2005) Pachycondyla chinensis
Name That Ant 71 (10-22-2005) Pheidole Sp.
Name That Ant 72 (12-22-2005) Messor striaticeps
Name That Ant 73 (3-21-2006) Strumigenys emmae
Name That Ant 74 (4-20-2006) Paratopula species. China
Name that Ant 75 (11 June 2006) Cephalotes multispinosus? Quintana Roo, Mexico
Name That Ant 76 (3 July 2006) Solenopsis truncorum ? Apple Valley Calif.
Name That Ant 77 (16 August 2006) Polyergus nigerrimus Mongolia
Name That Ant 78 (29 Oct 2006) Camponotus sericeus
Name That Ant 79 (7 Feb 2007) Messor galla
Name That Ant 80 (26 Feb 2007) Dorylus fulvus
Name That Ant 81 (6 Apr 2007) Formica sanguinea
Name That Ant 82 (29 Apr 2007) Echinopla tritschleri
Name that Ant #83 (22 July 2007) Cataglyphis nodus
Name That Ant 84 (15 Sept 2007) Dorylus "Sausage Fly"
Name Those Doctored Ants 85 Camponotus castaneus, Camponotus cruentatus, and Anoplepis gracillipes
Name That Ant 86 (3 Feb 2008) Pheidole rugaticeps
Name That Ant 87 (7 March 2008) Crematogaster senegalensis
Name That Ant 88 (24 April 2008) Tapinoma sessile
Name That Ant 89 (6 June 2008) Lasius alienus
Name That Ant 90 (7 July 2008) Formica incerta
Name That "Blurry" Ant #91 (2 August 2008) Cataglyphis bombycinus Atar, Mauritania
Name That Ant #92 (31 August 2008) Oecophylla longinoda, Abuja Nigeria
Name that Ant Again: NTA #62 (NTA #93) (14 September 2008) Neivamyrmex opacithorax [many big drawings]
Name that Ant #94 World Series Special (20 October 2008) Camponotus pennsylvanicus, Formica exsectoides, and Ponera pennsylvanica
Name that Ant #95 (22 November 2008) Camponotus kiesenwetteri (with discussions about subgenera and subspecies)
Name that Ant #96 (3 December 2008) Aphaenogaster ionia
Name that Ant #97 (12 January 2009) Dolichoderus shattucki
Name that Ant #98 (2 February 2009) Camponotus undetermined, in Cecropia membranacea
Name that Ant #99 (25 February 2009) Camponotus guttatus
Name that Ant #100 (17 March 2009) Paraponera clavata
Name that Blurry Ant #101 (25 March 2009) Pogonomyrmex badius
Name that Blurry Ant #102 (4 April 2009) Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Name that Blurry Ant #103 (24 April 2009) Crematogaster missuriensis
Name that Ant #104 (12 May 2009) Camponotus herculeanus
Name that Ant #105 (14 May 2009) Monomorium oscaris
Name that Ant #106 (6 June 2009) Temnothorax pergandei floridanus, AKA Temnothorax floridanus
Name that Ant #107 (30 June 2009) Cataglyphis niger
Name that Ant #108 (13 August 2009) Camponotus sericeiventris
Name that Ant #109 (22 August 2009) Alydus ant mimic
Name that Ant #110 (23 August 2009) Paratrechina faisonensis
Name that Ant #111 (20 September 2009) Formica querquetulana
Name that Ant #112 (15 October 2009) Pachycondyla sennaarensis
Name that Ant #113 2009 World Series Special (30 October 2009) Odontomachus insularis, Myrmica americana, Formica japonica, Linepithema humile, Puma concolor
Name that Ant Again #65 (21 November 2009) Anochetus emarginatus
Name that Ant Again #66 (15 December 2009) Plectroctena ugandensis
Name that Ant #114 (9 January 2010) Lepisiota monardi
Name that Ant #115 (7 February 2010) Pyramica pergandei
Name that Ant #116 (13 March 2010) Trachymyrmex septentrionalis
Name that Ant #117: (28 March 2010) Monomorium areniphilum
Name that Ant #118 (25 April 2010) Pheidole pallidula
Name that Ant #119 (1 May 2010) Myrmelachista shumanni
Name that Ant #120 (19 May 2010) Azteca forelii
Name that Ant #121 (2 June 2010) Proceratium pergandei
Name that Ant #122 (29 June 2010) Cerapachys augustae
Name that Ant #123 (12 July 2010) Dolichoderus taschenbergi
Name that Ant #124 (19 July 2010) Dorymyrmex bicolor
Name that Ant #125 (17 August 2010) Pseudomyrmex gracilis
Name that Ant #126 (21 August 2010) Leptothorax acervorum and L. kutteri
Name that Ant #127 (3 September 2010) Lasius fuliginosus
Name that Ant #128 (12 September 2010) Formica fusca...or maybe Formica lemani
Name that Ant #129 (19 September 2010) Harpagoxenus sublaevis
Name that Ant #130 (21 September 2010) Camponotus flavomarginatus
Name that Ant #131 (26 September 2010) Temnothorax affinis
Name that Ant #132 (8 October 2010) Pyramica ohioensis
Name that Ant #133 (23 October 2010) Aphaenogaster subterranea
Name that Ant #134 (4 November 2010) Prenolepis imparis
Name that Ant #135 (19 November 2010) Tapinoma erraticum
Name that Ant #136 (29 November 2010) Neivamyrmex nigrescens
Name that Ant #137 (25 December 2010) Cataglyphis (bicolor complex)
Name that Ant #138 (13 January 2011) Aphaenogaster tennesseensis
Name that Ant #139 (30 January 2011) Gesomyrmex chaperi
Name that Ant #140 (10 March 2011) Formica querquetulana
Name that Ant #141 (19 March 2011) Solenopsis fugax
Name that Ant #142 (8 May 2011) Hypoponera opacior
Name that Ant #143 (26 May 2011) Acropyga smithii
Name that Ant #144 (5 June 2011) Messor smithi
Name that Ant #145 (26 June 2011) Camponotus bryani
Name that Ant #146 (13 July 2011) Formica pallidefulva
Name that Ant #147 (27 August 2011) Pheidole morrisii
Name that Ant #148 (27 December 2011) Nylanderia
Name that Ant #149 (22 January 2012) Camponotus sericeus
Name that Ant #150: Name that Ant Again #67 (from 1-30-2005) (26 January 2012) Unresolved
Name that Ant #151 (27 February 2012) Meranoplus bicolor
Name that Ant #152 (11 March 2012) Camponotus socius
Name that Ant #153 (18 January 2013) Prenolepis imparis and Tapinoma sessile
Name that Ant #154 (20 January 2013) Monomorium ergatogyna
(To see the current scores go to this thread. Scores for NTA from 2002 until c. 2006 are at this thread (sorry no prizes ).
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