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The #brood of my #Lasius #niger (#Formicinae) #colonyfounding setup is still the result of multiple founding queens (#pleometrosis), even though the colony will later become monogynous. Various stages are visible: eggs, young larvae, and a pupal #cocoon. The cocoon is a #plesiomorphic (ancestral) trait in ants; it has been lost through convergent evolution on several occasions, e.g., in the #Myrmicinae.
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In a study different #behaviors in #anthosts and #antparasites between populations of each of them were discovered being related i.a. to #temperature and humidity and thus on the effects of #climaticchange, based on these species: the "slave-making ant" #Temnothorax americanus, and its host, the ant Temnothorax longispinosus (#Myrmicinae).
In that context I would be interested in the climate change effects on non-ant parasites and commensals, such as #phoreticmites.
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The #duskyant, #Formica #fusca (#Myrmicinae), is a ground-dwelling #ant with #earthnests in warmer habitats, widespread in #CentralEurope and extending across the western #Palearctic. The nests are #polygynous (severely active #queens). Like many ant species, this one also carries #phoretic organisms on its body, e.g., #mites of the #Histiostomatidae. #biodiversity #insects #Hymenoptera
© #StefanFWirth, #Berlin May 2025
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#Worker of F. fusca Berlin, May 2025, © S.F. Wirth
I'm not sure exactly who this is, but I believe it is a Sculpted Tree Ant. I wish I had my higher magnification lens and better diffusion setup as it was so cooperative.
#Cataulacus #Ant #Ants #Formicidae #Myrmicinae #Insects #SriLanka #Photography
#Aphaenogaster donisthorpei is an #extinct #species of #ant in #formicid subfamily #Myrmicinae known from a #LateEocene fossil from #NorthAmerica. A. donisthorpei was one of two Aphaenogaster species described in the 1930 paper.
A striking orange winged #ant in the #Canberra #SLAM #Malaise sample yesterday (#Aranda, ACT 2023-01-27/2023-02-03) seems to be a queen #Epopostruma wardi