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ID: queen ant (possibly honeypot)

honeypot new mexico

Best Answer VoidElecent , July 29 2017 - 6:51 AM

Looks like Myrmecocystus navajo.

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#1 Offline antsnewmexico - Posted July 28 2017 - 1:40 PM

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July 28th, 5am time

13-14mm size

Yellow gaster

Southwest United States, Southern New Mexico, Chihuahuan desert

Similar to myrmecocystus mexicanus

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#2 Offline T.C. - Posted July 28 2017 - 1:45 PM

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Photobucket doesn't work for third hosting. Use imgur.
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" Whatever You Are, Be a Good One "


#3 Offline JasonD - Posted July 28 2017 - 1:46 PM

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I can't see the pictures. Please use imgur.com, you don't need to make an account. 


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#4 Offline antsnewmexico - Posted July 28 2017 - 6:54 PM

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http://imgur.com/KRl7uYt

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Let me know if this works, thanks!



#5 Offline Bracchymyrmex - Posted July 28 2017 - 7:16 PM

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Myrmecocystus spp.


Edited by Bracchymyrmex, July 28 2017 - 7:17 PM.


#6 Offline antsnewmexico - Posted July 28 2017 - 7:29 PM

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specific?



#7 Offline SeaShell - Posted July 28 2017 - 8:43 PM

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Yeah, it did up until recently.... (n)



#8 Offline VoidElecent - Posted July 29 2017 - 6:51 AM   Best Answer

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Looks like Myrmecocystus navajo.


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#9 Offline antsnewmexico - Posted July 29 2017 - 9:55 AM

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VoidElecent, I think you may be right. Also, I saw the workers and they have darker gasters than the mexicanus species. The species are nocturnal and the entrance is a hole with an upward shoot made of small gravel.



#10 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 29 2017 - 1:09 PM

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I think VoidElecent is right.
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#11 Offline RenDragon - Posted July 29 2017 - 2:36 PM

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What part of New Mexico did you find this? I have had no luck in the ABQ area at known nests.



#12 Offline antsnewmexico - Posted July 30 2017 - 10:55 AM

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Southern NM near Cruces



#13 Offline RenDragon - Posted July 31 2017 - 7:25 AM

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Awesome. Good to know another New Mexico anter. Very nice find!







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