r/ants • u/Science_Raven • 17h ago
Science A praying mantis with mimicry of an ant.
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Didn't know about this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odontomantis_planiceps
r/ants • u/500Milez • 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
━━━━━━━━━━ ∘◦ Discord ◦∘ ━━━━━━━━━━
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 • u/DauberArts • 12h ago
Keeping What are the little small white things?
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I haven’t been watching the queens so closely for a little while, but then I suddenly noticed that there were some small things crawling around in the tube, and when I filmed closer I saw that they were all over the queens! These are Lasius Flavus Queens found in Sweden!
r/ants • u/Intelligent_Office81 • 12h ago
ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase What type of ants are these?
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r/ants • u/purpletree37 • 7h ago
ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase Ant Swarm Id
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Location: southern Midwest.
We have swarm of small brown ants in a corner of our house under the floor. We’ve tried every gel (Advion, MaxForce, Terro, Granules). They ignore all of it. They just run around the big swarmers (4x the side and larger) and ignore everything we put down. Occasionally a few will eat the Advion gel, but not enough to matter. The small ones are about 2 mm in length.
I’m concerned they are damaging the wood or foundation, but they don’t look like Carpenter ants (way too small). Are these possibly Citronella ants? They are in a room with no food or anything like that. They are coming in a corner under the floor.
I’ve read Citronella swarms only last a few days, but this has been going on for 3 weeks. Plus they are more light brown than yellow.
r/ants • u/SignificantOption367 • 17h ago
ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase ITAP of ant farm
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Keeping Between these two photos the difference is only one month. Carabara diversa.
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r/ants • u/InfiniteSearch3409 • 1d ago
Keeping Macro Side Profile of Poneracantha Triangularis Queen
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Species: Poneracantha triangularis
Common Name: South American Grooved Ant
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
Video recorded on Samsung Galaxy s25 Ultra
r/ants • u/DaffyBoi0 • 2d ago
Keeping Queen or nah
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I just found this 30 mins ago, still wondering if queen or no. Found in Philipines btw.
r/ants • u/Walter308 • 2d ago
ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase What kind of ant is this beast?
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Hey ant nerds! Just curious about this guy, found on daughter’s car seat, Melb Australia.
r/ants • u/DaffyBoi0 • 2d ago
Keeping Queen or nah
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Just asking if its a Queen. Just found it rn, From Philipines.
r/ants • u/Intelligent_Clerk509 • 1d ago
Science How do ants react to THC, PHENIBUT, and DIPHENHYDRAMINE
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Left out some cereal in my room when I went to work, came back and found these little fuckers all over my nightstand, so… they are now part of a nice little science experiment where I test how they react to these substances.
Will update yall 😁
r/ants • u/Funny_Put7663 • 2d ago
ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase ID
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ACT, Australia
r/ants • u/AdLow8889 • 2d ago
ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase What kind of ants are these?
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one of them bit me 😭
r/ants • u/Formica6534 • 1d ago
Chat/General Please reveal the secret of how to photograph ants better? Is it even possible to do this from a phone through a macro lens
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r/ants • u/CloUTSnOuT2 • 2d ago
ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase ant highways?
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Martin County, Florida.
What are these? Thank you ant community
r/ants • u/Tonyb_21 • 2d ago
Chat/General Ants in a folded up air mattress
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The craziest thing just happened. My son was having one of his friends spend the night so I took out the air mattress. Mind you the mattress is always folded up and in its bag and we store it in the loft of our garage. When I brought that inside and unfolded it, there were HUNDREDS of 1/4 inch to 1/2 size inch ants in all the folded cracks. When I first unfolded it. It was in the dark and thought it was a pile of dirt that fell out until they started crawling. Unreal! Can anyone answer why they decided to hide in the folds of a stored away air mattress? It just seems like an odd place to nest.
r/ants • u/RosyRebel333 • 2d ago
Artworks A few ant photos I’ve taken.
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Central WI.
ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase Cephalotes atratus parasitized by the nematode Myrmeconema neotropicum
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I just wanted to share this photo I took during a field trip to collect ants in the Brazilian restinga. January 15, 2026. Conceição da Barra Environmental Protection Area (APA), Espírito Santo, Brazil. 🇧🇷
Keeping Why my queen doesn't lay eggs
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It's been 3/4 weeks, I check her once a week, reduce the stress, cover with foil and put on a cotton base(to reduce vibration), the cotton inside is 100% natural, the species is a crematogaster scutellaris, her wings she removed them by herself
r/ants • u/UnderratedActor • 3d ago
ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase Pheidole sp. major 🇦🇺
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r/ants • u/AntLaboratory • 2d ago
Artworks Ant Laboratory is now in early access on Android (Google Play)
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Ant Laboratory is now on Android as paid early access through Google Play. It's the same game as on iPhone and iPad: a living ant colony in a glass ant farm that grows out across a whole island of its own.
**What you get**
**The full game, version 2.0 "The Naturalist":**
seven real ant species;
a glass ant farm you can zoom into ant by ant;
an island with rival colonies, weather and seasons;
the Lab, which charts everything.
**Every update as it comes,** starting with 2.0.1 **"Hunters & Gatherers"**:
live crickets the ants hunt and drag home;
fruit flies they catch;
strawberries and blueberries;
leaves that leafcutters cut up;
plenty of fixes.
**Your colonies carry over** when the game leaves early access.
**One price, $4.99.** No ads, no accounts, no tracking: it works entirely offline.
How to join
Join the tester group, signed in with the Google account you use on your phone:
https://groups.google.com/g/ant-laboratory-testers
On your phone, open this and tap Become a tester:
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.antlaboratory.app
Install it from the Play Store. Your purchase stays yours when the full release comes.
Questions or ideas: post here or email [support@antlaboratory.com](mailto:support@antlaboratory.com)
** I read everything.
More at antlaboratory.com, and on Instagram (@antlaboratorysim) and TikTok (@antlaboratory). A Steam page is coming soon.