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#1 Offline spytim - Posted June 25 2019 - 4:16 PM

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Body:
1.Stuck to my house by the morning dew.

2. 6/15/2019
3. Suburbs/former forest
4. Length 6mm
5.Golden



#2 Offline PacificNorthWestern - Posted June 25 2019 - 4:19 PM

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solenopsis molesta I think, i could be wrong so don't take my word for it



#3 Offline PacificNorthWestern - Posted June 25 2019 - 4:29 PM

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i think it looks more like pheidole but idk what species



#4 Offline Aaron567 - Posted June 25 2019 - 4:33 PM

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To me she looks like either Pheidole bicarinata or Pheidole tysoni. The color of her wings lean me more towards tysoni.



#5 Offline spytim - Posted June 25 2019 - 4:39 PM

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To me she looks like either Pheidole bicarinata or Pheidole tysoni. The color of her wings lean me more towards tysoni.

She isn't too big? I have another identification on here that is smaller but looks similar. 



#6 Offline Aaron567 - Posted June 25 2019 - 4:49 PM

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P. bicarinata is just about that size, but I'm not sure for tysoni. I have never found a tysoni queen before but I've heard a variety of different sizes from people that have caught them before. Upon first glance her color seems out of the range of variation for bicarinata, but it may just be the photo.

 

There's also the possibility of her being a Pheidole morrisii queen, but I'm pretty sure those are consistently 8-9 millimeters.



#7 Offline VoidElecent - Posted June 25 2019 - 4:56 PM

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P. bicarinata is just about that size, but I'm not sure for tysoni. I have never found a tysoni queen before but I've heard a variety of different sizes from people that have caught them before. Upon first glance her color seems out of the range of variation for bicarinata, but it may just be the photo.

 

There's also the possibility of her being a Pheidole morrisii queen, but I'm pretty sure those are consistently 8-9 millimeters.

 

Ph. morrisi also tend to be significantly more bulky.


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