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So about 5 months ago I had a fire and lost a large majority of my ants. But hear are some pictures off my OLD camera, Im working on collecting some more specamine but its been rough and i don't really wanna go into it.
Aphaenogaster tennesseensis/fulva
The story behind these gals is quite neat, I found the fulva queen earlier in the season, well she was slow to start, and once she had a few workers I found a A. tennesseensis queen! Well due to the complicated genetics in Aphaenogasters It was a look and guess deal especialy with my poor photography! :roll:
The A. tennesseensis is a parasite of A. fulva, so who would pass up this chance! So I put them in a single container, and the queen darted in and out stuff like that, well long story short, the A. tenneseensis queen took over the A. fulva queen, destroyed her, and made her brood her own!
A. fulva queen
http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/?action=view¤t=446c79b7.jpg
A. tennesseensis queen
http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/?action=view¤t=27138daa.jpg
A. tennesseensis queen after have taken over A. fulva queen
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/th_5b7e18de-1.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/th_5b7e18de.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/th_b6c351c4.jpg
SW Ohio Native, Formica subsericea
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/th_a2c54bf5.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/th_27ed9ec4.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/th_0a05e8fe.jpg
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Never really did get a big colony
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/th_098cd0e5.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/th_99614cfe.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/th_a9d5f2d0.jpg
S. molesta (Theif Ants)
My very first colony, Ive wanted to do a special set up with a Large colony of say Lasius, and a small satalite colony of S. molseta, that way they can steal eggs!
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/th_S-1.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/th_S.jpg
Tetramorium complex
In the states its almost impossible to tel the exact species with out having to send it to a Entemolgist, or if you have the right equipment. But I was preaty sure these were Tetramorium caespitum.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/th_c8b7f1df.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/th_5c827a44.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/th_04239503.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/th_5e7f02c5.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/th_PICT0095.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/th_Beepollen.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/th_9fdfee7c.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/th_1tet-2.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/th_1Tet.jpg
I have a new camera, and my moms camera, that I will use to take nice sharper photos until I get a macro lens on my DSLR. :roll:
CrematogasterS pecies
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/8a1abee3.jpg
You have some very nice species there nepenthes_ak, nice pictures to. sorry to hear about the fire.
I'm having trouble finding new species at this new house, its just not as convenient to find them out hear for some reason, but theirs allot more woody area. Ive seen allot of Aphenogaster and Myrmica though. Thanks for the comment. I found a HUGE Lasius (Acanthomyops) occidentalis nest the other day, wish I had my camera then, but Even then it was pretty dark so their wouldn't have been any good pictures. Im actually going camping soon so I hope to find some Pheidole, im going south where Pheidole are..
These are nice to (the Pheidole sp. i mean) hope you can find some of these. Keep us informed. ;)
Nice pictures and species nepenthes_ak,
very nice species and interest for European keepers ,because they dont live here ;)
I think ,you Tetramorium is not caepitum ,but some subspecie. I have now some tetramorium caespitum and I think they have not red legs like yours queen :)
Skippy
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
B. C. Schlick-Steiner, F. M. Steiner, Bernhard Seifert, M.Sanetra, E. Dyreson, C. Stauffer, E. Christian:
A multidisciplinary approach reveals cryptic diversity in Western Palearctic Tetramorium ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Abstract: Diversity of ants of the Tetramorium caespitum/impurum complex was investigated in a multidisciplinary study. Focusing on morphologically hardly distinguishable Western Palearctic samples, we demonstrate the genetic and phenotypic diversity, demarcate phylogenetic entities, and discuss the clades in terms of biogeography. Sequences of 1113 bp of the mitochondrial COI gene revealed 13 lineages. COII data, worker morphometry and male genitalia morphology corroborated the COI results for seven lineages; the remaining six were disregarded because of small sample size. A comparison with published data on cuticular hydrocarbons showed correspondence.
The seven entities show different distribution patterns, though some ranges overlap in Central Europe. Since no major discrepancy between the results of the different disciplines became apparent, we conclude that the seven entities within the T. caespitum/impurum complex represent seven species. Geographical evidence allows the identification of T. caespitum and T. impurum, and we therefore designate neotypes and redescribe the two species in terms of morphology and mtDNA. As the revision of about 50 taxon names would go beyond the scope of this study, we refer to the remaining five species under code names. We discuss our findings in terms of plesiomorphy and convergent evolution by visualizing the mtDNA phylogeny in morphological space.
http://homepage.boku.ac.at/h505t3/DiscTet/
http://www.oegef.at/MN8_175-180.pdf
Basicaly it says Genetic Research, and looking at Male genitalia they found that Tetramorium impurum/caespitum complex, and you have to do specific measurements in certain areas, not just color. :roll: Also that could be a lighting factor why she has redish legs. :lol:
Hmm ... very interesting ,I can understand a bit of this big text for my English :lol::lol::lol: ,many scientist words.
I think it is not in our skills to research what is your Tetramorium ,it is better to name it Tetramorium sp. ,if you really want to identify ,you must ask some researchcer - but it mean ,you must to kill one queen :(
Skippy
Uhmm, I was just saying that so you know that it is almost impossible for me to tell you the Species, or for you too. With out scientific help. And not exactly just wait for your queen to raise workers, steal a few worker and send it to a Myrmecologist. (an ant researcher)