Talk:Tapinoma sessile

message: Where are these ants found? 150.203.35.113 (talk) 02:18, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Possibly all over the US, and I am unsure of other localities.  One of the links states "the ant [is reported to be] a house infesting species in the following localities: California, Nevada, District of Columbia, Maryland, Tennessee, and Mississippi. The ant is very probably a pest in a number of localities from which no reports are available."  However, from the context of the source, it would seem that the species is common throughout the Midwest, New England, and the South.  The Jade Knight (talk) 12:39, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Same source says "from Canada to Mexico".  The Jade Knight (talk) 13:48, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distribution 

message: I appear to have caught a T. sessile queen (I'm 90% certain.  At first I thought it was a huge species, but realized that, having never come across large ants here, this is highly unlikely, and it's more likely she is some sort of queen.  Considering that we have odorous house ants all over the place here, and that she was black, I figured it the most likely species).  I'll try to take a few photographs if she's still there (I didn't put a lid on the cup she was in, but her earlier attempts to escape have been fruitless).  The Jade Knight (talk) 12:39, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I've got some pictures.  I'll upload them eventually (bug me if you haven't seen them a few weeks from now).  She was moving very slowly, sort of dragging herself along the ground, but did not otherwise appear to be ill or injured.  She's probably the second T. sessile queen I've seen in two days: the first I caught crawling on my wall.  It frightened my fiancée, so I killed that one.  This one I found crawling on the floor, and captured for observation.  The Jade Knight (talk) 14:26, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Queen 

message: I've just gone and added a ton of stuff, all taken from the Smith article.  Seeing as that article was published in 1928, this information is highly dated and may not reflect what is currently known about the ants.  But dated information is better than none, I think.  The Jade Knight (talk) 14:23, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  New material 

message: Hello my name is Hansika Narayanan and I am working on this page as a part of my Behavioral Ecology class at Washington University in St. Louis. I updated a lot of information in the behavior section, adding information about seasonal patterns and food allocations. I would love constructive criticism on how to improve this article! Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hansika.n (talk • contribs) 04:01, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Additions

message: * add to the talk page
* Under ‘food allocation’ the third paragraphs uses donors/individuals and it gets a bit confusing if the reader does not follow the reading closely
* In ‘Seasonal Behaviors,’ has a confusing sentence on winter nests and spring/summer nest
Pocketkings (talk) 20:42, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Critique

message: A category that needs to be added is “Mating”.  There is a lack of information about how the queens choose mates.  Another category should be “Roles”.  This article does not discuss the various roles of the ants; what does the queen do?  What do the workers do? Are there different types of workers for different jobs?    — Preceding unsigned comment added by Setoiris (talk • contribs) 03:23, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Mating/Roles

message: https://www.wired.com/2015/06/ants-smell-like-blue-cheese-pine-sol/
Not exactly new, but perhaps useful?  Don't have time to make changes right now.  The Jade Knight (talk) 07:00, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Source 

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