Orange Ant: I am thinking this ant maybe a Myrmica ruginodis but would like confirmation or otherwise if anyone knows. It has the spikes.

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Jul 23, 2020 15:03:27 #

EnglishBrenda Loc: Kent, England

I am thinking this ant maybe a Myrmica ruginodis but would like confirmation or otherwise if anyone knows. It has the spikes.

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Jul 23, 2020 15:07:48 #

Fred Harwood Loc: Sheffield, Mass.

Looks much like an army ant.

Jul 23, 2020 15:10:41 #

EnglishBrenda Loc: Kent, England

Fred Harwood wrote:

Looks much like an army ant.

Thanks Fred, I have just looked up army ant, there is a good similarity for sure. I am not sure if they have the 2 spikes on the dorsal part.

Jul 23, 2020 15:10:57 #

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Brenda, I can't help with the identity but can say it's a pretty good photograph.
--Bob

EnglishBrenda wrote:

I am thinking this ant maybe a Myrmica ruginodis but would like confirmation or otherwise if anyone knows. It has the spikes.

Jul 23, 2020 15:11:41 #

EnglishBrenda Loc: Kent, England

rmalarz wrote:

Brenda, I can't help with the identity but can say it's a pretty good photograph.
--Bob

Thanks Bob, I agree it is a pretty ant.

Jul 23, 2020 15:35:15 #

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

EnglishBrenda wrote:

I am thinking this ant maybe a Myrmica ruginodis but would like confirmation or otherwise if anyone knows. It has the spikes.

THEM!

Jul 23, 2020 15:53:12 #

Quixdraw Loc: x

Don't know what it is, but pretty sure what it isn't. Don't believe there are any army ant species in the UK. I'm making the assumption on where it was taken!

Jul 23, 2020 17:06:01 #

Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI

A very good picture. There is also M. rubra. A main difference between them is distribution. See
https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Myrmica_rubra.
and
https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Myrmica_ruginodis

Jul 23, 2020 17:20:58 #

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

EnglishBrenda wrote:

I am thinking this ant maybe a Myrmica ruginodis but would like confirmation or otherwise if anyone knows. It has the spikes.

You have most surely gotten this ant's ID.

I will quote Wikipedia now, "
" M. ruginodis is a species of ant that lives in northern parts of Europe and Asia".
May be 20 queens in a colony of 2500 individuals.
I once had both Wilson's "Ants" and Wilson and Holdobler's
book on ants.TOMES. But a ' tome' of information.
Went when I downsized.
Oh, the memories of a man in his old age......
Nice work, Brenda. ID and shooting.
Bill

Jul 23, 2020 18:18:07 #

EnglishBrenda Loc: Kent, England

quixdraw wrote:

Don't know what it is, but pretty sure what it isn't. Don't believe there are any army ant species in the UK. I'm making the assumption on where it was taken!

Yes, it was in England. I have read that Myrmica species are descended from Army ants in the USA but I don't know any more than that. Thanks for commenting.

Jul 23, 2020 18:22:27 #

EnglishBrenda Loc: Kent, England

Mark Sturtevant wrote:

A very good picture. There is also M. rubra. A main difference between them is distribution. See
https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Myrmica_rubra.
and
https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Myrmica_ruginodis

Thanks for your effort in seeking this information out Mark, they are very similar. I hope I find another in the fullness of time. They are pretty little things.

Jul 23, 2020 18:25:14 #

EnglishBrenda Loc: Kent, England

newtoyou wrote:

Thanks Bill, I am happy to go with that ID now that I have your blessing. I rarely see an orange ant but I am going to take more notice of ants in general now my interest is pricked. Most ants that I see are 'farming' aphids in the garden

Take care and keep safe.

Jul 23, 2020 18:25:46 #

EnglishBrenda Loc: Kent, England

lamiaceae wrote:

THEM!

Jul 23, 2020 18:38:30 #

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

EnglishBrenda wrote:

I am thinking this ant maybe a Myrmica ruginodis but would like confirmation or otherwise if anyone knows. It has the spikes.

And who can forget 'Leningen Versus the Ants'?
I was not a Heston fan.
I was all for the ants.
Bill

Jul 23, 2020 18:43:57 #

EnglishBrenda Loc: Kent, England

newtoyou wrote:

And who can forget 'Leningen Versus the Ants'?
I was not a Heston fan.
I was all for the ants.
Bill

I hadn't read that story but have just read a plot summary.

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