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#1 Offline Iddizy - Posted November 19 2018 - 8:09 AM

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Location: Carmel Valley California
Date of collection 11/16 at around 12 P.m
Habitat:Carmel valley mountains
Length 8-9 mm
Red small white hairs appeared to be foraging some digging founding chambers others just ripping wings off caught 17
Pogonomyrmex sp.
Sorry for starting new thread old one wouldn’t let me add the photo ls I got closer and better photos to help with ID

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#2 Offline AntsBC - Posted November 19 2018 - 12:43 PM

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Manica sp., either M. hunteri or M. invidia. A better shot of her node would help narrow it down. 

 

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#3 Offline LC3 - Posted November 19 2018 - 3:18 PM

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That’s indeed Pogonomyrmex. According to the Queen Ant Spotting/Mating Chart only P. subdentatus has been recorded to fly during November.
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#4 Offline Guy_Fieri - Posted December 17 2018 - 5:15 PM

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I personally think she looks more similar to pogonomyrmex salinus. The shape of her mandibles is very similar to p. salinus, and though that part is a bit blurry, the first node on her petiole also seems to have a more similar shape to p. salinus than it does to p. subdentatus. And they are both in the species group occidentalis so they probably have very similar nuptial flight schedules.

#5 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted December 18 2018 - 2:52 PM

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Pogonomyrmex subdentatus seems more likely since they fly later in the year.

Edited by YsTheAnt, December 18 2018 - 2:52 PM.

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