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Ants of Archbold

June 22, 2009 by myrmecos

Pogonomyrmex badius

Pogonomyrmex badius

The Archbold Biological Station hosts 100+ species of ants.  Here are a few of them.

Trachymyrmex septentrionalis

Trachymyrmex septentrionalis

Platythyrea punctata

Platythyrea punctata

Strumigenys rogeri

Strumigenys rogeri

Cyphomyrmex rimosus, queen

Cyphomyrmex rimosus (queen)

Dorymyrmex bureni

Dorymyrmex bureni

Brachymyrmex obscurior

Brachymyrmex obscurior

Paratrechina longicornis

Paratrechina longicornis

Xenomyrmex floridanus

Xenomyrmex floridanus

Cardiocondyla emeryi

Cardiocondyla emeryi

Camponotus floridanus

Camponotus floridanus

Pachycondyla stigma

Pachycondyla stigma

Pheidole dentigula

Pheidole dentigula

Pyramica eggersi

Pyramica eggersi

Pseudomyrmex gracilis, with larva

Pseudomyrmex gracilis, with larva

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Posted in Ants | Tagged florida, formicidae, Nature, Photography | 11 Comments

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  1. on June 22, 2009 at 11:13 am liudvikas

    I’m jealous of your chance to observe such a diversity of species. I wish I lived somewhere with more diverse nature.


  2. on June 22, 2009 at 12:56 pm myrmecos

    I know what you mean, liudvikas. Our diversity here in the farmlands of central Illinois isn’t all that high either, so when I got a chance last week to catch a ride down to Florida I jumped at it.


    • on June 23, 2009 at 6:54 am liudvikas

      I wish I could do that. But the whole country I live in has only a few kinds of ant, mainly Lasius Niger – there’s plenty of that. Apart from amazing Formica Rufa nests, there isn’t anything really interesting.


  3. on June 22, 2009 at 3:15 pm James C. Trager

    Ah, the memories!

    Thanks for the nice images of a once quite familiar fauna.


  4. on June 22, 2009 at 3:19 pm myrmecos

    Thanks James. I will eventually be emailing you some Paratrechina images to get your taxonomic opinion on them.


  5. on June 22, 2009 at 4:01 pm Ptygmit

    Paratrechina longicornis seems to be taking over the world! Hairy little monsters.


  6. on June 23, 2009 at 1:11 am Kate

    oh my! The luxury of having species names for all those ants…!


  7. on June 23, 2009 at 11:11 am James C. Trager

    True in some places, Ptygmit, but at Archbold several native Paratrechina and at least one other exotic are doing quite well also.


  8. on June 23, 2009 at 5:26 pm Ptygmit

    That is good to hear James. Here in north eastern Australia Paratrechina longicornis and Phiedole megacephala are rapidly displacing natives in urban and disturbed habitats.

    Saying that… I actually have a colony of native Paratrechina (I believe it is minutula) in my front yard.


  9. on June 25, 2009 at 12:20 am myrmician

    A great series of ants/images. A very interesting fauna of a very distinct ecosystem. I enjoyed both posts.

    Hope the weather is better here in Perth this weekend – itching to do some macrophotography >_<


  10. on June 4, 2010 at 3:25 pm Yurak

    yeah! hormigas



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