Ant ID

[Ant Worker]

Desrt, yes but I did this in my small backyard not out in a wide open anting area.

I caputured: Solenopsis molesta, Lasius neoniger, Acanthomyops latipes (sp?), and Pogonomyrmex occidentalis.

Oh goody in 2 months im going to have a ton of colonies.

 

[zinto]

Honestly, when you have a passion for ants, any species will entertain you. The two colonies I have I found in my backyard and I am quite thrilled with them. Like I said, let's not encourage him, desertdwellr.

 

[Ant Worker]

Come to find out one of the Acanthomyops is latipes the other I'm not entirely sure about. The S. molesta have died, the lasius killed them. Oh, forgot that I found a late flier of Tetramorium caespitum last night aswell, and this morning when I stepped out onto my deck I saw a queen so I ran down stairs and onto the dirt below the deck and captured her, seems a Formcia queen. Parasitic for sure, dunno what species. Slightly smaller than F. aserva and the thorax pattern and color shadings are a bit off but the peitole is still red which points me to aserva again. Interesting....