Exploring Ants

Ants make up a massive quantity of animal biomass, and overall are very important organisms in the habitats in which they reside. This page will teach you a little bit about ants, ant-related terms and other ant related information, for anyone interested in learning more!

Terms and Ant Life

Species

I have encountered various species over the past couple of years, these are some of the species i have encountered and photographed

The date is of the collection of specimens, or observation of wild specimens. This section is under construction, I have many more photos and species to add.

Family: Formicidae

Subfamily: Ponerinae

Genus: Ponera

A Ponera pennsylvanica queen

A Ponera pennsylvanica queen from The Castlewood Canyon ant survey.

A Ponera pennsylvanica collected at a black light trap.

Two workers of Ponera pennsylvanica in a test tube

A Ponera pennsylvanica worker wanders around in an exposed nest chamber

A Ponera pennsylvanica queen

A Ponera pennsylvanica queen from The Castlewood Canyon ant survey.

A Ponera pennsylvanica collected at a black light trap.

Two workers of Ponera pennsylvanica in a test tube

Genus: Leptogenys

Leptogenys elongata worker profile.
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College station, TX
October 2020

Leptogenys elongata worker attempts to dispatch her isopod prey.
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College station, TX
October 2020

A Leptogenys elongata colony, Including a new ergatoid queen (the orange one), sits on a leaf.
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College station, TX
October 2020

Leptogenys elongata worker approaches her isopod prey.
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College station, TX
October 2020

Leptogenys elongata workers attempt to dispatch her isopod prey.
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College station, TX
October 2020

Leptogenys elongata worker, showing her creepy face.
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College station, TX
October 2020

Leptogenys elongata worker
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College station, TX
October 2020

Leptogenys elongata worker, showing her creepy face.
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College station, TX
October 2020

A Leptogenys elongata worker cleans her tarsii
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College station, TX
October 2020

Leptogenys elongata worker
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College station, TX
October 2020

Leptogenys elongata worker portrait, showing her creepy face.
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College station, TX
October 2020

Leptogenys elongata worker profile.
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College station, TX
October 2020

Leptogenys elongata worker attempts to dispatch her isopod prey.
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College station, TX
October 2020

A Leptogenys elongata colony, Including a new ergatoid queen (the orange one), sits on a leaf.
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College station, TX
October 2020

Leptogenys elongata worker approaches her isopod prey.
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College station, TX
October 2020

Leptogenys elongata workers attempt to dispatch her isopod prey.
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College station, TX
October 2020

Leptogenys elongata worker, showing her creepy face.
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College station, TX
October 2020

Leptogenys elongata worker
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College station, TX
October 2020