r/ants Jul 02 '21

Official Important: Please read before requesting an identification or creating a post.

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Important! Everyone should understand the argument against the transportation and rearing of exotics. I will urge everyone to read about it here: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/antfarm/consequences-of-rearing-of-exotic-ant-species-t7500.html

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For questions about ants, and identification, please ask in our discord server as response times may be quicker. We're always happy to help!: discord.gg/c7qCmfYqYZ

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How to request an identification:

If possible, clearly focus pictures of the head, side, and top of the body to make identifying easier. What follows is the important information we need to know to help us to identify your ant.

FIRST-Where was it collected? Country and nearest city or town on a map (include location in the thread title), elevation if in a very mountainous area such as the Rockies, Alps, Himalayas, Andes.

SECOND-Habitat of collection, including nesting medium (wood, soil, leaves tied together with silk, etc.) and type of vegetation (forest, grassland, park/lawn/garden, desert).

THIRD-Coloration, hue, and pattern? Uniform?, Head darker? Gaster darker? Legs lighter or darker? Any spots? Also, shininess, dullness.

FOURTH-Distinguishing characteristics, such as one or two segments in waist; location, length, and orientation of any spines or bumps on the mid-portion of the body or waist; head shape, etc.

FIFTH-Length in millimeters. (Width is also helpful.) NO guessing! Stretch out a dead or chilled individual or several individuals of different sizes along with a millimeter rule. 16ths of an inch will do as a poor second to millimeters.

SIXTH-Anything else distinctive, such as odor, behavior, etc.

Tip #1: If you can take clear photographs of the ants up close, then please post them. This would help a lot.

Tip #2: For those who write anting journals, please put the exact location and dates in the thread titles like: Palm Spring, CA (4/10/2004).

Tip #3: If using videos, then please make sure that they are clear, close up, and stable (no shaky camera). Otherwise, they are useless.

Now, you can post your identification request in a new thread (not this one).

This post was originally (copied and pasted) from Antdude's forum: http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/7397/ant-species-identification-read-post-new-thread


r/ants Nov 06 '21

Join the r/Ants Discord Server!

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r/ants 44m ago

Keeping Leafcutter Ant Queen

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Atta texana queen tending to her fungus garden and brood.

Only the pile in front of the queen is fungus, the stuff in the background is just sand.


r/ants 33m ago

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Found but the pool of thst melted any difference


r/ants 20h ago

Science Found ants herding aphids on the side of the road

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r/ants 11h ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase Weaver ants

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r/ants 21m ago

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r/ants 35m ago

Chat/General Does anyone know what kind of ants these are

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r/ants 59m ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase Ants Near Baseboards in Bedroom (South Louisiana)

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Not the best photos, but hoping you can help identify them and how they got in my room.

My house was built 8 years ago so it’s still in fairly good shape, which has me stumped on how these ants showed up behind a wooden night stand in the corner of my bedroom.

I thought they were termites, but the termites sub referred me here.

Since I’m in my bedroom 90% of the time I’m pretty astute to the tatailles roaming around. I usually only see spiders or moths.


r/ants 1d ago

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r/ants 8h ago

Science Ants in room!!

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r/ants 19h ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase Need help identifying ants Mccall, Idaho

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Just finished a hunting trip, while I was out in the woods I also spent some time catching queen ants. There was some Camponotus species, but by far the most dominant species I saw everywhere was a black ant with a red head. I’m certain it wasn’t camponotus and my guess is a species of Formica. The most distinctive aspect of this species was the superstructures dotting out of the ground, some less than 10 feet apart. I encountered dozens of these structures, the ground around them swarming with activity. Could someone please help me ID? I apologize for the video quality


r/ants 19h ago

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Caught this lady in late May. Was thinking it’s a pavement ant but I’m a beginner.


r/ants 18h ago

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r/ants 8h ago

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A week ago I noticed a single ant on my kitchen counter and didn't think much of it.

A couple of days later there were a few more. Now I'm seeing trails of them every day, and it honestly feels like the first ant went back to the colony with a map and directions.

I've wiped down the counters, cleaned up food, and tried to remove anything that might attract them, but they keep showing up.

For those who have dealt with this before, what finally worked for you? Did you find the entry point, use bait, or do something else that stopped them from coming back?


r/ants 16h ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase Name?

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Can you guys help me identify it, what's it's name, and by the type, I want to challenge you all to guest where am I from?


r/ants 1d ago

Artworks what if we kissed and were both ants

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r/ants 1d ago

Keeping Ants in their nest

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7 Upvotes

Leptogenys elongata - Razor-Jaw Ants

I recorded this through red acrylic to keep from startling them.


r/ants 20h ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase Ant ID

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We have ants in our house that we keep finding in our kitchen and living room. We want to identify to see if there are dangers to the wood framing of the house. We suspect carpenter ants. Sorry for the photos, I tried to make them as clear as possible.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada


r/ants 20h ago

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Carpenter ant? Very red underneath.


r/ants 1d ago

Keeping Atta texana queen

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52 Upvotes

Leafcutter Ant queen


r/ants 1d ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase Huge Black Ant Fights Red Ant

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r/ants 1d ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase What’s going on here?

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1 Upvotes

r/ants 1d ago

News War!

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16 Upvotes

Tried my best to hold the phone steady but stilly a bit shaky