rion_bio's Identifications

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What

Peters' Longleg Sugar Ant (Camponotus petersii)

Observer

birdingislife

Date

October 29, 2022 09:15 AM SAST

Place

Dr Kenneth Kaunda, North West, South Africa (Google, OSM)
Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies - Photo (c) Philip Herbst, all rights reserved, uploaded by Philip Herbst
rion_bio's ID: Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies (Genus Camponotus)
Added on April 1, 2024
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6 photos

What

Common Green Mantis (Sphodromantis gastrica)

Observer

bugmanslife

Date

March 23, 2024 11:05 AM SAST

Place

City of Tshwane, ZA-GT, ZA (Google, OSM)
Common Green Mantis - Photo (c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
rion_bio's ID: Common Green Mantis (Sphodromantis gastrica)
Added on April 1, 2024
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3 photos

What

Natal Droptail Ant (Myrmicaria natalensis)

Observer

bugmanslife

Date

February 11, 2024 03:37 PM SAST

Place

Tzaneen, South Africa (Google, OSM)
Natal Droptail Ant - Photo (c) Philip Herbst, all rights reserved, uploaded by Philip Herbst
rion_bio's ID: Natal Droptail Ant (Myrmicaria natalensis)
Added on April 1, 2024
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4 photos

What

Euponera fossigera

Observer

rohan_the_antman

Date

January 16, 2024 10:21 AM SAST

Place

Sparrebosch, Knysna, 6571, South Africa (Google, OSM)
Euponera fossigera - Photo (c) Rohan_the_antman, all rights reserved, uploaded by Rohan_the_antman
rion_bio's ID: Euponera fossigera, a member of Typical Ponerine Ants (Tribe Ponerini)
Added on March 17, 2024
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2 photos

What

Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies (Genus Camponotus)

Observer

mdevill

Date

January 9, 2022 09:13 AM EET

Place

Koetzerskraal house (Google, OSM)
Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies - Photo (c) Philip Herbst, all rights reserved, uploaded by Philip Herbst
rion_bio's ID: Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies (Genus Camponotus)
Added on March 13, 2024
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2 photos

What

Bianconi's Brown Sugar Ant (Camponotus bianconii)

Observer

clurarit

Date

February 9, 2024 07:23 PM SAST

Place

Newlands Forest Helipad, Table Mountain (Nature Reserve), Cape Town, South Africa (Google, OSM)
Bianconi's Brown Sugar Ant - Photo (c) Philip Herbst, all rights reserved, uploaded by Philip Herbst
rion_bio's ID: Bianconi's Brown Sugar Ant (Camponotus bianconii)
Added on March 13, 2024
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2 photos

What

Bianconi's Brown Sugar Ant (Camponotus bianconii)

Observer

clurarit

Date

February 9, 2024 07:23 PM SAST

Place

Newlands Forest Helipad, Table Mountain (Nature Reserve), Cape Town, South Africa (Google, OSM)
Bayne's Sugar Ant - Photo (c) Gigi Laidler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Gigi Laidler
rion_bio's ID: Bayne's Sugar Ant (Camponotus baynei)
Added on March 12, 2024
Maverick

Photos / Sounds

What

Subgenus Tanaemyrmex

Observer

clurarit

Date

February 9, 2024 09:37 PM SAST

Place

Silver Mine (Nature Reserve), Cape Town, South Africa (Google, OSM)

Description

at least not maculatus s.str.

Tanaemyrmex - Photo (c) Jake Nitta, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jake Nitta
rion_bio's ID: Subgenus Tanaemyrmex, a member of Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies (Genus Camponotus)
Added on March 12, 2024
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What

Brown Spiny Timid Ant (Cardiocondyla shuckardi)

Observer

clurarit

Date

February 10, 2024 07:18 AM SAST

Place

Fish Hoek, Cape Town, 7974, South Africa (Google, OSM)

Description

precisely blocking the propodeum from view
but should be enough anyways
https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Key_to_Afrotropical_Cardiocondyla_workers

Brown Spiny Timid Ant - Photo (c) Peter Slingsby, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Peter Slingsby
rion_bio's ID: Brown Spiny Timid Ant (Cardiocondyla shuckardi)
Added on March 12, 2024
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What

African Big-headed Ant (Pheidole megacephala)

Observer

vivekpauly

Date

May 17, 2022 04:33 PM SAST

Place

81 President Kruger St, Phalaborwa, 1390, South Africa (Google, OSM)
Big-headed Ants - Photo (c) Philip Herbst, all rights reserved, uploaded by Philip Herbst
rion_bio's ID: Big-headed Ants (Genus Pheidole)
Added on March 7, 2024
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What

African Big-headed Ant (Pheidole megacephala)

Observer

vivekpauly

Date

May 17, 2022 04:33 PM SAST

Place

81 President Kruger St, Phalaborwa, 1390, South Africa (Google, OSM)
African Big-headed Ant - Photo (c) Jake Nitta, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jake Nitta
rion_bio's ID: African Big-headed Ant (Pheidole megacephala)
Added on March 7, 2024
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Photos / Sounds

What

Ants (Family Formicidae)

Observer

vivekpauly

Date

May 17, 2022 04:44 PM SAST

Place

81 President Kruger St, Phalaborwa, 1390, South Africa (Google, OSM)
Ants - Photo (c) Gerónimo Martín Alonso, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Gerónimo Martín Alonso
rion_bio's ID: Ants (Family Formicidae)
Added on March 7, 2024
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What

Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

Observer

vivekpauly

Date

May 17, 2022 10:42 AM SAST

Place

Phalaborwa, South Africa (Google, OSM)
Butterflies and Moths - Photo (c) Anita, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
rion_bio's ID: Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)
Added on March 7, 2024
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What

Shimmering Sugar Ant (Camponotus vestitus)

Observer

vivekpauly

Date

May 17, 2022 04:50 PM SAST

Place

81 President Kruger St, Phalaborwa, 1390, South Africa (Google, OSM)
Shimmering Sugar Ant - Photo (c) Philip Herbst, all rights reserved, uploaded by Philip Herbst
rion_bio's ID: Shimmering Sugar Ant (Camponotus vestitus)
Added on March 7, 2024
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Tanaemyrmex - Photo (c) Jake Nitta, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jake Nitta
rion_bio's ID: Subgenus Tanaemyrmex, a member of Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies (Genus Camponotus)
Added on March 5, 2024
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What

Long-legged Sugar Ant (Camponotus etiolipes)

Observer

galois

Date

February 13, 2024 10:08 PM SAST

Place

Ehlanzeni District Municipality, 남아프리카 공화국 (Google, OSM)
Long-legged Sugar Ant - Photo (c) Brandon Woo, all rights reserved, uploaded by Brandon Woo
rion_bio's ID: Long-legged Sugar Ant (Camponotus etiolipes)
Added on March 5, 2024
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Photos / Sounds

What

Shiny Sugar Ant (Camponotus cinctellus)

Observer

clurarit

Date

February 18, 2024 10:25 AM SAST

Place

Moreleta Park, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa (Google, OSM)
Myrmosericus - Photo (c) Ludwig Eksteen, all rights reserved, uploaded by Ludwig Eksteen
rion_bio's ID: Subgenus Myrmosericus, a member of Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies (Genus Camponotus)
Added on March 5, 2024
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What

Spotted Sugar Ant (Camponotus maculatus)

Observer

roelofvdb

Date

January 3, 2012 04:53 PM SAST

Place

Welgedacht Farm, 1120, South Africa (Google, OSM)
Tanaemyrmex - Photo (c) Jake Nitta, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jake Nitta
rion_bio's ID: Subgenus Tanaemyrmex, a member of Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies (Genus Camponotus)
Added on March 5, 2024
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Photos / Sounds

What

Subgenus Tanaemyrmex

Observer

galois

Date

February 15, 2024 09:55 PM SAST

Place

Ehlanzeni District Municipality, 남아프리카 공화국 (Google, OSM)
Tanaemyrmex - Photo (c) Jake Nitta, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jake Nitta
rion_bio's ID: Subgenus Tanaemyrmex, a member of Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies (Genus Camponotus)
Added on March 5, 2024
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Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Shiny Sugar Ant (Camponotus cinctellus)

Observer

clurarit

Date

February 18, 2024 08:37 AM SAST

Place

Moreleta Park, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa (Google, OSM)

Description

I'm not that certain on Myrmosericus identifications. might change it later

Myrmosericus - Photo (c) Ludwig Eksteen, all rights reserved, uploaded by Ludwig Eksteen
rion_bio's ID: Subgenus Myrmosericus, a member of Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies (Genus Camponotus)
Added on March 5, 2024
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3 photos

What

Grassi's Fierce Ant (Tetramorium grassii)

Observer

clurarit

Date

February 18, 2024 08:48 AM SAST

Place

Moreleta Park, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa (Google, OSM)

Description

that larva in the back

Grassi's Fierce Ant - Photo (c) Philip Herbst, all rights reserved, uploaded by Philip Herbst
rion_bio's ID: Grassi's Fierce Ant (Tetramorium grassii)
Added on March 5, 2024
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What

Genus Lepisiota

Observer

clurarit

Date

February 18, 2024 08:57 AM SAST

Place

Moreleta Park, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa (Google, OSM)

Description

I'm considering these as incisa, similar to capensis but with more prominent petiolar spines, slightly less reflective surfaces. not that confident with this id

Small Black Sugar Ant - Photo (c) Hamish Robertson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Hamish Robertson
rion_bio's ID: Small Black Sugar Ant (Lepisiota capensis)
Added on March 5, 2024
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What

Eugenie's Long-legged Sugar Ant (Camponotus eugeniae)

Observer

galois

Date

February 18, 2024 10:19 AM SAST

Place

Moreleta Park, Pretoria, 0181 남아프리카 공화국 (Google, OSM)
Eugenie's Long-legged Sugar Ant - Photo (c) Alan Manson, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alan Manson
rion_bio's ID: Eugenie's Long-legged Sugar Ant (Camponotus eugeniae)
Added on March 5, 2024
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3 photos

What

Subgenus Myrmosericus

Observer

galois

Date

February 18, 2024 10:45 AM SAST

Place

Moreleta Park, Pretoria, 0181 남아프리카 공화국 (Google, OSM)
Myrmosericus - Photo (c) Ludwig Eksteen, all rights reserved, uploaded by Ludwig Eksteen
rion_bio's ID: Subgenus Myrmosericus, a member of Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies (Genus Camponotus)
Added on March 5, 2024
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What

Flies (Order Diptera)

Observer

moira_fitzpatrick

Date

January 6, 2024 08:05 PM CAT

Place

Bulawayo South, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (Google, OSM)
Flies - Photo (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Katja Schulz
rion_bio's ID: Flies (Order Diptera)
Added on March 5, 2024
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6 photos

What

Subgenus Tanaemyrmex

Observer

grantchristie

Date

February 29, 2024 09:51 PM SAST

Place

Maruleng, South Africa (Google, OSM)

Description

They come out at night and roam our kitchen countertops

Tanaemyrmex - Photo (c) Jake Nitta, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jake Nitta
rion_bio's ID: Subgenus Tanaemyrmex, a member of Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies (Genus Camponotus)
Added on March 5, 2024
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What

Brunnea-group Droptail Ants (Complex Myrmicaria brunnea)

Observer

katuchka

Date

March 2, 2024 08:44 AM SAST

Place

The Oaks Road, White River, MP, ZA (Google, OSM)
Droptail Ants - Photo (c) Deon Dekker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Deon Dekker
rion_bio's ID: Droptail Ants (Genus Myrmicaria)
Added on March 5, 2024
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Basicryptus costalis - Photo no rights reserved, uploaded by Andrew Deacon
rion_bio's ID: Basicryptus costalis, a member of Stink Bugs (Family Pentatomidae)
Added on March 2, 2024
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What

Tribe Gerrini

Observer

ricky_taylor

Date

February 24, 2024 04:53 PM SAST

Place

Harry Gwala District Municipality, South Africa (Google, OSM)
Water Striders - Photo (c) Chris Nash, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Chris Nash
rion_bio's ID: Water Striders (Family Gerridae)
Added on March 2, 2024
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What

Genus Cletus

Observer

suider-afrika

Date

March 1, 2020 05:06 PM SAST

Place

Sabi Sand Nature Reserve, ZA-MP, South Africa (Google, OSM)
Cletus - Photo (c) WonGun Kim, all rights reserved, uploaded by WonGun Kim
rion_bio's ID: Genus Cletus, a member of Leaf-footed Bugs (Family Coreidae)
Added on March 2, 2024
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