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Hello, recently I've come to notice a species of red ants living in the driveway. Around here fire ants sprout out and I was wondering if these were? I haven't heard of fire ants growing in pavement before but they don't look like the regular black pavement ants around here. http://imgur.com/0WxI4Bq E: For clarification, I live in southern California on the coast. ChaseSP fucked around with this message at 17:03 on Jun 18, 2017 |
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Jun 18, 2017 04:02
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Those appear to be leaf cutter ants
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Jun 18, 2017 05:09
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El Puerco posted:Those appear to be leaf cutter ants See I've been watching them and haven't really seen them carry anything like that. Often anything they can get their hands on including catfood let out.
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Jun 18, 2017 07:13
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those are your classic red driveway ants. smash em.
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Jun 18, 2017 17:57
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ruby fuckwits
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Jun 19, 2017 14:10
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Come on ants aren't bad aside from those invasive fire ant fuckers. They can all go to hell and it's all I'm concerned about since they haven't caused issues so far.
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Jun 19, 2017 17:32
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Those don't look like fire ants, but I could be wrong. Here's a few tips. A: Squish one and smell your squishing implement. If it reeks, it's not a fire ant. B: Look closely at the abdomen. I can't tell from your photo, but fire ants typically have a faint yellowish band pattern around the abdomen, which is noticeably darker than the body of the ant. C: If all else fails, get one to sting you. If it hurts and forms a tiny blister, it's probably a fire ant.
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Jun 19, 2017 18:18
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Yeah no, no yellow stripes I'll try squashing ones but I'm pretty sure there's no reason to worry now. Not like they are getting into the house or anything.
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Jun 19, 2017 20:50
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Perhaps a Western Harvester Ant? I always use http://www.insectidentification.org/ to try and identify any creepy crawlies I don't recognize.
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Jun 20, 2017 18:27
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Sounds like it and tried but didn't work. Closing thread thanks for the info
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Jun 21, 2017 23:35
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