#monomorium

Pohokura, North Island, New Zealand

Happy Spring Break #FormicidaeFriday! You would think that with a name like antarcticum, this ant species of Monomorium would live somewhere cold, but it actually hails from New Zealand. The species was first discovered in 1843, on the way to Antarctica during the Ross expedition, which documented many animals and plants of the region, as well as inferring the position of the South Magnetic Pole. . . . #Monomorium #antarcticum #ants #formicidae #historyofscience #myrmecology #itsallgoodep #entomology #instaeptx #elpaso411 #museumlife #bugsofinsta #Rossexpedition #sciencefriday https://www.instagram.com/p/BvUrIudh5M6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1uxvgzseiotq1

Happy Spring Break #FormicidaeFriday! You would think that with a name like antarcticum, this ant species of Monomorium would live somewhere cold, but it actually hails from New Zealand. The species was first documented on the way to Antarctica during the Ross expedition, which documented many animals and plants of the region, as well as inferred the position of the South Magnetic Pole. . . . #Monomorium #antarcticum #ants #formicidae #historyofscience #myrmecology #itsallgoodep #entomology #instaeptx #elpaso411 #museumlife #bugsofinsta #Rossexpedition #sciencefriday https://www.instagram.com/p/BvUrIudh5M6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jxjpncc3osnz

_Hypera punctata_ #Hypera_punctata #clover_leaf_weevil #weevil #オオタコゾウムシ attacked by #Monomorium #ant #ヒメアリ on #kudzu #vine #leaf (総社緑地公園)

_Cassida nebulosa_ #カメノコハムシ ♂+♀ #tortoisebeetle #beatle #male with #female ; _Monomorium sp._ #Monomorium #ant ヒメアリ(未同定)がなぜ惹きつけられているのかは不明。 (赤城乗馬クラブ)

I found another new awesome thing with this phone. TIME LAPSE VIDEO. This is so cool. This is a colony I captured the other day : ). I’m not sure what species it is. They are way too big for monomorium and they’re not camponotus… Maybe tetramorium. Idk lol. I managed to get the queen, maybe 15-20 workers and some brood. I went out looking for whatever this afternoon and I found some of the same species, so I captured some more! Usually when you introduce more eggs and larva from a different colony they’ll be accepted. I figured they could just eat them if not. But they did! Here’s the video of when I introduced them, the colony finding them, then the mad dash to get them inside the nest!