Brackenridge Field Lab

The Brackenridge Field Laboratory is an 82-acre research site owned by The University of Texas located along the Colorado River near downtown Austin. The site spans a variety of open, forested, and riparian habitats and has hosted numerous studies on phorid fly/ant interactions and fire ant biology.

A Pseudomyrmex gracilis ant captures a young mantis at the Brackenridge Field Lab in Austin, Texas.

Ant Species recorded from Brackenridge Field Lab, 1980-2024

Acanthostichus texanus

Aphaenogaster texana

Atta texana

Brachymyrmex depilis

Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Camponotus americanus

Camponotus decipiens

Camponotus discolor

Camponotus festinatus

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus sansabeanus

Camponotus texanus

Carebara longii

Colobopsis etiolata

Colobopsis impressa

Crematogaster ashmeadi

Crematogaster laeviuscula

Crematogaster minutissima

Crematogaster punctulata

Cyphomyrmex rimosus

Cyphomyrmex wheeleri

Dorymyrmex flavus

Forelius damiani

Forelius mccooki

Forelius pruinosus

Formica pallidefulva

Hypoponera inexorata

Hypoponera opaciceps

Hypoponera opacior

Leptogenys elongata

Monomorium minimum

Monomorium pharaonis

Mycetomoellerius turrifex

Myrmecina americana

Neivamyrmex nigrescens

Neivamyrmex texanus

Nylanderia terricola

Nylanderia vividula

Odontomachus clarus

Pachycondyla harpax

Paratrechina longicornis

Pheidole bicarinata

Pheidole constipata

Pheidole dentata

Pheidole floridana

Pheidole hyatti

Pheidole lamia

Pheidole mera

Pheidole metallescens

Pheidole pelor

Pheidole tetra

Pogonomyrmex barbatus

Proceratium micrommatum

Pseudomyrmex apache

Pseudomyrmex ejectus

Pseudomyrmex gracilis

Pseudomyrmex pallidus

Solenopsis geminata

Solenopsis invicta

Solenopsis texana

Strumigenys louisianae

Strumigenys margaritae

Strumigenys membranifera

Strumigenys silvestrii

Syscia augustae

Temnothorax obturator

Temnothorax subditivus

Temnothorax terrigena

Tetramorium bicarinatum

Tetramorium spinosum