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My windows, home not only to ants and invasive wasps, but frequented by lizards. FML.
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Wasp next with insects coming and going. One dead wasp found just above this nest.
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April 30, 2019
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February 26, 2024
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July 2, 2021
07:37 PM SAST
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Seems to be maintaining fungus growing on the bottom of the leaves. The leaves are from a lemon tree.
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February 18, 2024
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February 15, 2024
11:13 PM SAST
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Lat -33.949321
Lon 18.8606489
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January 19, 2017
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February 27, 2021
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February 8, 2024
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February 11, 2024
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August 15, 2017
09:21 PM EDT
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Workers scavenging sliced chicken, which I set out for yellowjackets.
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February 3, 2024
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January 25, 2023
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September 29, 2023
06:11 PM UTC
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January 28, 2024
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02:33 AM UTC
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11:23 PM EST
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Group of them having a taste at the cotton candy machine.
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May 4, 2016
09:17 AM SAST
Description
First spotted in January 2016, the identity of these ants has been confirmed as the tramp or invasive Copper bellied ant, Ochetellus glaber. Flippie Herbst has provided these superb photos in the hope that householders, especially in suburban Cape Town, can help evaluate the extent of the invasion, as the ants have never been recorded in Africa before. They might originate from New Zealand, other Pacific islands or even Sumatra.
Ochetellus glaber . Small [1.5 - 1.9 mm] dark ants with dark coppery gasters and paler leg joints; superficially similar in shape and movement to Argentine ants [Linepithema humile] but much smaller and darker; both species intensely antagonistic towards each other and attack on contact. Runs in trails, lives in interconnected supercolonies with multiple queens; colonies spread by 'budding'. From its presumed semi- or tropical origins it seems to prefer warmer temperatures and only appears at my house from mid-morning to mid-afternoon [Linepithema operates around the clock]. Has invaded parts of Northern Australia, Florida, tropical S American coast but not California or Europe. On Mauritius, Reunion, Madagascar. Reacts aggressively too to Technomyrmex difficilis which sometimes appears on the same wall.
Identified originally by MeldeM, who must take the credit for the ID; ID confirmed by international myrmecologists Brian Fisher, Barry Bolton, Vincenzo Gentile
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January 6, 2015
03:57 PM SAST
Description
Tiny ants, about 2mm, shiny black with paler legs and antennae. Indigenous to South Africa but like their cousins T albipes are displaying distinctive invasive characteristics. Collected at my home in Lakeside, where we note that this ant has successfully driven Argentine ants [Linepithema humile] out of our home altogether [but not out of our garden]. They are nocturnal and seem to prefer the kitchen and bathroom areas, but have also wrecked one computer printer by nesting in it in our office. They and other invasive members of the same genus have a reputation for nesting in [and often destroying] electric and electronic equipment. However, we have found that they prefer to nest in wood when they can. Dolichoderines, they have an unpleasant smell - like dog faeces
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January 14, 2024
06:50 PM AEDT
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Wondering if this is a paper wasp nest?
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January 15, 2024
07:17 PM SAST
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Feeding on Acacia mearnsii
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January 10, 2024
11:30 PM UTC
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January 13, 2024
03:00 PM AEDT
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05:02 PM UTC
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December 22, 2023
05:17 PM SAST
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January 10, 2024
02:25 PM SAST
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December 20, 2023
01:41 PM UTC
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7-8mm without antennae. 3-4 individuals.
Burrowed into wood? Or claiming/parasitising nests from another species?
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December 31, 2023
04:17 PM SAST
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December 8, 2023
06:36 PM ACDT
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December 8, 2023
06:59 PM UTC
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December 10, 2023
03:37 PM PST
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Villa Lomo Fragoso, El Atajo, La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain
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March 17, 2023
05:06 PM SAST
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Invasive wasp eating Cape honey bee
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December 2, 2023
09:17 AM AWST
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July 24, 2022
04:25 PM SAST
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August 15, 2023
12:29 PM UTC
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August 15, 2023
10:54 AM EDT
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02:35 PM EDT
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10:01 AM EDT
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August 12, 2023
07:57 AM EDT
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August 12, 2023
07:07 PM UTC
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August 8, 2023
06:16 PM EDT
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Dismembering a black soldier fly
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August 3, 2023
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August 4, 2023
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August 4, 2023
09:36 PM MSK
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August 3, 2023
05:07 AM UTC
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August 3, 2023
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August 3, 2023
11:58 PM EDT
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August 2, 2023
01:16 AM UTC
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July 27, 2023
04:51 PM AEST
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July 28, 2023
03:43 PM EDT
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Gathering wood fibers from wooden fence slat.
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July 28, 2023
06:26 PM CDT
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July 30, 2023
02:03 PM ACST
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July 26, 2023
03:49 PM UTC
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September 15, 2021
09:03 PM UTC
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At college of forestry Ranichauri
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May 5, 2023
06:47 PM NZST
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November 19, 2021
10:02 PM PST