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Tongue Flicker
Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1106
Age : 37
Location : Madina't Isa, Bahrain
Registration date : 2012-11-01
| | Subject: Wasp or Ant? 1/24/2013, 6:31 am | |
| i caught a new pet recently.. saw it walking on the floor and decided to keep it. been with me for 4 days now so far it eats small jumping spiders. will try small crickets lol   | |
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robert44
Tityus
Number of posts : 535
Age : 64
Location : Houston, Texas, USA
Registration date : 2012-08-25
| | Subject: Re: Wasp or Ant? 1/24/2013, 11:03 pm | |
| I'm not sure but he's mean looking! | |
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Tongue Flicker
Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1106
Age : 37
Location : Madina't Isa, Bahrain
Registration date : 2012-11-01
| | Subject: Re: Wasp or Ant? 1/25/2013, 11:24 am | |
| haha! i decided it to keep it. fun looking bug  | |
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Scorpion19981000
Administrator
Number of posts : 1895
Age : 26
Location : Cortland, New York
Registration date : 2011-07-03
| | Subject: Re: Wasp or Ant? 1/26/2013, 2:12 am | |
| Looks to be some type of ant (guessing "trap-jaw") from the bend in the antennae. Seeing how it has wings, I'm guessing it's either a male looking for a mate, or a future queen, looking to start a colony. | |
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Tongue Flicker
Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1106
Age : 37
Location : Madina't Isa, Bahrain
Registration date : 2012-11-01
| | Subject: Re: Wasp or Ant? 1/26/2013, 12:51 pm | |
| - Scorpion19981000 wrote:
- Looks to be some type of ant (guessing "trap-jaw") from the bend in the antennae. Seeing how it has wings, I'm guessing it's either a male looking for a mate, or a future queen, looking to start a colony.
thanks man! you're the only one who gave a satisfying answer and you're right it is a queen trap-jaw ant. i saw it release eggs then carry it within her jaws | |
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deserthairyscorpion1
Centruroides
Number of posts : 233
Age : 51
Location : My house
Registration date : 2012-05-04
| | Subject: Re: Wasp or Ant? 1/26/2013, 9:32 pm | |
| That is defiantly a trap jaw ant.
p.s. Trap jaw ant are fast and very aggressive. The ant’s jaws close at 78 to 145 miles per hour, and can open 180 degrees. The nest can have LOTS of workers (about 300), each packed with a painful sting and bite. | |
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Tongue Flicker
Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1106
Age : 37
Location : Madina't Isa, Bahrain
Registration date : 2012-11-01
| | Subject: Re: Wasp or Ant? 1/29/2013, 11:53 am | |
| - deserthairyscorpion1 wrote:
- That is defiantly a trap jaw ant.
p.s. Trap jaw ant are fast and very aggressive. The ant’s jaws close at 78 to 145 miles per hour, and can open 180 degrees. The nest can have LOTS of workers (about 300), each packed with a painful sting and bite. mine is actually average speed moving and unaggressive. she doesnt mind my fingers close to her which is weird for ants | |
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deserthairyscorpion1
Centruroides
Number of posts : 233
Age : 51
Location : My house
Registration date : 2012-05-04
| | Subject: Re: Wasp or Ant? 1/31/2013, 7:07 pm | |
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Tongue Flicker
Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1106
Age : 37
Location : Madina't Isa, Bahrain
Registration date : 2012-11-01
| | Subject: Re: Wasp or Ant? 2/1/2013, 8:17 am | |
| - deserthairyscorpion1 wrote:
- Well, workers are.
oh i see. noted. | |
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giorgiabsandze
Pandinus
Number of posts : 21
Age : 30
Location : Georgia
Registration date : 2014-05-17
| | Subject: Re: Wasp or Ant? 5/29/2014, 6:59 am | |
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Tongue Flicker
Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1106
Age : 37
Location : Madina't Isa, Bahrain
Registration date : 2012-11-01
| | Subject: Re: Wasp or Ant? 5/30/2014, 12:20 am | |
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Nah, apparently it's a queen trapjaw ant. I keep like 3 queens now.
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