Antkey
Welcome. Antkey is a community resource for the identification of invasive, introduced and commonly intercepted ant species from across the globe. You can register for an account to contribute to the site, visit the forum to discuss topics related to introduced ants and site development, and visit the blog for the latest updates.
Lucid Key | identify specimens
Taxa | explore species pages
Checklists | browse species lists
Media | search for images
Videos | watch video clips of ants
Glossary | learn morphological terms
Literature | find relevant literature
Community | discuss & contribute
Recent Blog entries
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In this tutorial, I demonstrate how to make the most effective use of the interactive Lucid3 key for identifying invasive and introduced ants.
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Antkey is pleased to announce a new gallery of tramp ants from around the world photographed by the extraordinarily talented photographer and entomologist, Alex Wild.
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Dear Antkey users, the site is currently being translated into Simplified Chinese, Bahasa Indonesian and Thai. The translations are being done on the live site, and issues occasionally arise. We apologize for any inconveniences this causes, and thank you for your patience. If you notice any issues that are not resolved within several days, please post a comment here or in the forum and we'll try to address it as soon as possible.
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A new paper proposes a novel method for automated screening of the Red Imported Fire Ant.
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New modules for Google Scholar and the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) have been added to the Antkey site. Now when users go to taxon pages and click on the 'literature' tab, dynamic search results for that species from Google Scholar and BHL will be presented at the bottom of the page.