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marc.tulley: Ants of Greece, identify? (17. Jul 2008 17:44)

Hi guys, just got back from a week in Crete and couldnt resist takin some snaps of the local ants:
seem like the larger 2 species are formica
not sure about the tiny orange one (spot it if you can :) )
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/7933/dscf3554lx3.jpg

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6492/dscf3558sm7.jpg

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/8918/dscf3559rr8.jpg

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/9858/dscf3560za2.jpg

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2024/dscf3562rm8.jpg

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/1741/dscf3566wv6.jpg

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/8130/dscf3589kv9.jpg

Skippy: (17. Jul 2008 19:01)

1. Camponotus sp.
2. Camponotus sp.
3. Camponotus sp. and Crematogaster sp. (?)
4. Crematogaster sp. (?)
5. Crematogaster sp. (? , if is it that same like 2 posts before)
6. Ant sp. yellow :D ... some Myrmecinae (Tetramorium,Solenopsis,Leptothorax...)
7. some Formicinae , probably Camponotus (minor worker), or if it was smaller , so Tapinoma sp. , not so much quality photo

;)

marc.tulley: (17. Jul 2008 22:32)

forgot to say , 3,4,5 and 7 are the same (excluding the signle ant in 3 which is the same as 1 and 2)
they wernt huge but all i can compare from experiance is alot closer to ligniperda than rubra :P

apart from the orange ones which were tiny, inbetween nylanderai and rubra

Messorus: (18. Jul 2008 14:05)

Crematoagster looks like sordidula a bit, I have a colony of them at my home....