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baptistebenBeskrivning
big .. 20mm it doesn't look like the neoponera villosa that I'm used to seeing
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Identical workers of the same locale keyed out to indianensis. Rock embedded in mound had at least 5 queens under it.
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pranav11Fyndplats
Shop T02, 1CC Building Macquarie University, Macquarie Park NSW 2113, Australia (Google, OSM)
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cluraritBeskrivning
Yeah, this one.
Setae well paired and organized.
Propodeum lacking setae.
Metanotal groove complete but very shallow.
6 teeth, mandibles striated? not sure.
Legs and antennae elongate and lack standing hairs.
Since other similar species like Nylanderia otome or Nylanderia yambaru are dumped under Nylanderia, I'm still flagging it under Nylanderia. For now....
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A colony of ants busy moving their pupae on the trunk of a camphor tree
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cluraritBeskrivning
Here's a take:
This species was the most common Zealleyella in the Table mountains and in Montagu. Similar to custodiens but smaller (similar to steingroeveri), legs shorter, less constricted mesosoma, all especially in the largest workers. Because of the silky silver pubescens this species was originally considered a subtaxon of custodiens (see Arnold, 1922). Pubescens are distinctly less than custodiens, however hard to separate in most pictures. Majority of custodiens, rufescens, and steingroeveri observations seem to be this species especially in the western cape area. Since Anoplolepis is not the best devised taxon, there still are taxa like Anoplolepis steingroeveri parsonsi which seems inseparable from fallax, but since fallax stands valid and was described before that subspecies I believe its enough to label this fallax for now
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Black and small Liris with apex of pronotum almost as high as mesoscutum.
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Doftmyror (Underfamilj Dolichoderinae)Observatör
joemdoBeskrivning
Set up two sheets for blacklighting, this one on a mangrove trail and the other in a more open, disturbed area. Both sheets were lit by UV blacklights powered by USB battery packs.
You can learn more about the lights I used and my typical, simple setups here: https://youtu.be/tavmTa7WoPk
Cami was competing in the Shell Hacks Hackathon at the FIU BBC campus while I bioblitzed for hours. I started by just walking around near where I parked, focused on insects and birds and then set up two sheets for blacklighting.
All my observations from this trip to the BBC campus:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2023-09-15&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&user_id=joemdo
My blacklighting observations:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2023-09-15&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&user_id=joemdo
Blacklighting project for Florida on iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/blacklighting-florida
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simonoBeskrivning
Workers and alates emerging after the previous night's rain.
Video: https://youtu.be/7--N4GuJos0
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cluraritBeskrivning
Every distal parts white: wing veins, mandibles, even the genitalia. and thats something
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Alates flying to lights, workers baited on the edge of the grass 390 ft south, next to the terminal dropoff. Undefeated 3.5 hr layover snipe.
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mettcollsussBeskrivning
specimens uploaded to AntWeb: https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=antweb1041747
