Ant Hit List by Bonnie Nieves https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8 Ant species sorted by color en-us 2022-03-27 20:48:14 UTC 2022-05-13 15:55:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f41c.png Formica rubicunda https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117005028 Diurnal
Found within forests, dunes, woodlands
Located within United States & Canada
Compound eyes
Adults have wings
Brown body throughout with 2 long front antennas, slight mid body hitch, front legs extend straight down, hind legs have slight arch into extension, large blackish brown bottom area

]]> 2022-03-28 12:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117005028 Formica Querquetulana https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117016531 Nests found in pastures and sandy areas usually beneath objects and commonly covered with loose trash.
These ants are found in America and the North Atlantic. 
Do not have wings until adulthood
Adults have compound eyes
Really big abdomin with thick legs and huge eyes
Slight mid slant, large blackish brown bottom area

]]> 2022-03-28 12:23:18 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117016531 Formica biophilica brunig24 https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117018269 Found in - Prairies, lawns, fens, bogs and marshes (south-eastern U.S).
Activity - Diurnal
Diet - Unknown
Trapping - (Unknown) 
Description - Worker Gracile, shiny, and the brightest yellow member of the group. Head, mesosoma and legs light reddish- to pale brownish yellow; ]]> 2022-03-28 12:24:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117018269 Formicidae https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117018995 They are found in a Heath or tropical habitat and can be found on flowers. They are diurnal and their diet consists of Muehlenbeckia Tamnifolia (Kunth) Meisn. You may catch them when collecting sweet alyssum or Japanese snowball flowers.
They are brown, with legs and an antenna slightly lighter than its body color.]]> 2022-03-28 12:24:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117018995 Formicoxenus provancheri (Emery 1895) https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117031398 common name is shampoo ant.
they are found in Canada and the U.S and live in marshy meadows.
they are diurnal which means they are active in the day time.
adults have wings and their main predator are grizzly bears.

]]> 2022-03-28 12:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117031398 Formica fossaceps brunig24 https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117031659 Found in - North Temperate climates (Ex; Canada, Northern U.S.)
Activity - Diurnal
Diet - (Unknown)
Trapping - (Unknown)
Description - Head and thorax light brownish red. Gaster entirely deep black except at the extreme base. Head lightly infuscated behind the eyes. Mesonotum heavily infuscated in a median frontal spot and along the parapsidal sutures. Scutellum and metanotum black.]]> 2022-03-28 12:31:11 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117031659 Formica pergandei https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117032365 Found in woods, woodland edges, semi-open or open areas near woodland edges, and prairies
Diurnal
unknown diet
no trapping info
they are brown, with broad wide heads, slanted brown body, mid sized abdomen, with long thin legs with hairs on their back and under them
]]> 2022-03-28 12:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117032365 Formicinae Camponotus Caryae https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117035816 They are carpenter ants that nest in wood and man made structures. They may be found worldwide. They have 12 segmented antennae and lack an apical club. They are brownish red in color, with a reddish head. You may trap them by leaving sweet foods such as syrup or honey to attract them. They are nocturnal. ]]> 2022-03-28 12:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117035816 Dolichoderinae Dorymyrmex bureni https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117036430 Found in the south east of the states primarily in Florida. their nests are found in bare open soil in sunny areas.

They are diurnal meaning they are primarily active at day


]]> 2022-03-28 12:33:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117036430 https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117172658 2022-03-28 13:36:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117172658 Myrmicinae Solenopsis texana https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117174092 These Ants are found in Grasslands, fields and open woodlands, often those that are more natural or not recently disturbed. Nests in soil. They are a diurnal ant species and their diet consists of meal worms. Most of them are collected in pitfall traps or in litter extractions. They are dark brown with pale brown appendages, with a head wider than it is long. ]]> 2022-03-28 13:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117174092 Strumigenys pulchella https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117186245 This is a brown ant that nests in forests typically in a decaying tree. ]]> 2022-03-28 13:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2117186245 Dolichoderinae Dolichoderus plagiatus https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119467927 They are found in grassy areas in Mexico, Canada, or America
Commonly found in North and South Carolina
It has a darker brown head with a orange/red abdomen and a bright thorax.
They are nocturnal and are mainly composed of “worker” ants.



]]> 2022-03-29 14:22:27 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119467927 Lasius Minutus https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119473809 This ant is diurnal. The developmental mode of the Lasius Minutus is holometabolous. The visual system in this ant would be ocelli. This is a very werid color and looks pretty gross.]]> 2022-03-29 14:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119473809 Banded Carpenter Ant https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119474887 The Camponotus Subbarbatus is a carpenter ant found mainly in the eastern United States. It nests in dead wood, and forages around the clock. What’s more is that it forages through low foliage and leaf litter. It makes it really easy to trap them using your hands, or a pit trap. The ant itself is dark brown in color, with a lighter brown striped pattern on the abdomen.]]> 2022-03-29 14:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119474887 Lasius Brevicornis https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119477775 They are diurnal and are found normally under rocks in dry lands. It is a generalist predator that also tends root aphids and eat those. A ant's body is divided into three main parts: the head, the thorax, and the abdomen. Ants have a hard, waterproof exoskeleton, which is made of a material called chitin.]]> 2022-03-29 14:26:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119477775 Formicinae Lasius aphidicola https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119495738 Formicinae Lasius aphidicola
Common
They are not Diurnal
Largely on the honeydew of the root-feeding aphids
They are found in Canada, United States
  



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]]> 2022-03-29 14:34:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119495738 Dolichoderinae Dolichoderus pustulatus https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119497715 Generally found in the soil. Nests are located in eastern United States, often found in New Jersey. This ant is diurnal. They eat leaves, and other greens around their habitats. Pitfall traps have been found to be the most effective for this species of ant. The ant is segmented into three sections: head, thorax, and abdomen. The body tends to become darker with age.]]> 2022-03-29 14:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119497715 Formicinae Formica creightoni https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119508008 A brown ant, with small, simple eyes, and varying wing sizes

Have been found in sandy forests

Diurnal

Found in the United States

]]> 2022-03-29 14:39:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119508008 Formica knighti https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119509203 diurnal

]]> 2022-03-29 14:40:09 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119509203 Formicinae Formica difficilis https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119513771 - These ants are found in grasslands in the United States. 
- They are diurnal.
- They eat mostly aphids, membracids, and small soft-bodied invertebrates.
- They can be trapped by using both sweet and meat baits.
- These ants have short hairs on their body and head, as well as a head that is shinier than their body.
]]> 2022-03-29 14:42:10 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119513771 Lasius Murphyi https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119519364 They are found in the woodlands in the United States 
Their diet is loral nectar, and the honeydew  of Homoptera and larval Lycaenidae.
They are diurnal
Their physical description is These are medium to dark brown ants with large eyes, which have abundant erect and suberect hairs on the scapes and the extensor surface of the anterior tibia

]]> 2022-03-29 14:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119519364 Formica nepticula https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119529539 diurnal]]> 2022-03-29 14:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119529539 Formicinae Formica dolosa https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119540637 - These ants are found in mixed forests. 
- These ants are diurnal.
- They eat honey, spiders, craneflies, and small moths.
- These ants have small eyes, long antennae, long legs, and they are not very shiny.
]]> 2022-03-29 14:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119540637 Formicinae Lasius americanus https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119554456
They are diurnal
They eat crickets and lots of flies
They are found in Northern America forest habitats 
Physical description: they are big for ants, there color is dark brown.
I would pick them up to trap them or I would put something over the ant

]]> 2022-03-29 14:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119554456 Formicinae Polyergus sanwaldi—Sanwald’s Amazon Act https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119686364 Found in the ground, in colonies. North temperate. Deep, sandy soil. Also intervening in sandy soil locations. Black Oak Dunessandy soil field. Sandy or sandy loam prairies and old fields, and sandy oak and pine savannas
They are active during the day, meaning they are diurnal.
Diet
They are known for invading other ants’ nests. 
Physical description: They have sharp mandibles and shorter appendages. Mostly red with darker, brown appendages.
]]> 2022-03-29 16:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119686364 Proceratium pergandei https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119707604 Where they are found (ground, tree, leaf litter, etc.)- they are found in gopher burrows and also under rocks. They are in a colony.   
When are they active (diurnal, nocturnal)- diurnal
Diet
How to trap
Physical description Image- They have many legs and are long.They are brown with a little bit of hair all around  
]]> 2022-03-29 16:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119707604 Proceratium silaceum https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119717452 Found in rotten wood, damp
dirunal
Diet
How to catch
Brown, yellow eyes, short thick yellow legs, hairy big thick abdomwn
]]> 2022-03-29 16:19:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119717452 Formicinae Polyergus sanwaldi https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119720454 Where they are found (ground, tree, leaf litter, etc.)
They primarily live in deep sandy soil
When are they active (diurnal, nocturnal)
Diet
Extrafloral Nectaries • Honeydew • Seed Harvesting • Myrmecochorous Plants • Leaf-cutting • Beltian Bodies
How to trap
One could lay out a small piece of cardboard with a thin film of honeydew near a suspected nest; one could also find extrafloral nectaries and place them near a suspected colony and wait.
Physical description 
Brown with 4 main body sections small mendible and large kinked anteni 

Ronan
]]> 2022-03-29 16:20:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119720454 Myrmicinae Temnothorax texanus victors23 https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119727799 Texas Acorn Ant
Located within southeast and north U.S. and Mexico
Found in open sites in sand, dunes, clay soil.
Has a  12-segmented antenna,  in which the postpetiole is more than 1.5 X the width of the petiole. With a rugae on the head, top and side of the mesosoma, on the petiole and on the postpetiole. The gaster is smooth and glossy.
Can be caught in a barrier-pitfall trap.]]> 2022-03-29 16:24:17 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119727799 Tetramorium atratulum https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119731135 They nest in grasslands, they are scavengers of animal and plant material. you can catch them using a Pitfall trap.]]> 2022-03-29 16:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2119731135 68 https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2170183499 Bulug aka bandstra 
Neit aka Chris Casey ]]> 2022-05-04 16:04:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bnieves9/v8uvuwd3zrgbi9h8/wish/2170183499