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Fire Ant?

Started By JTaves , Feb 17 2018 12:47 PM

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#1 Offline JTaves - Posted February 17 2018 - 12:47 PM

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Hello, My grandpa and I have a bet on whether these are fire ants or not, I say they are, but he says they don't look like fire ants because fire ants are bigger. He wanted a third party to determine what they were so here I am. No queen pictures, just workers.

Location: Reedley, California

Date: 2-17-18

Size: Major 5mm. Minor: 3mm

habitat: Nest was in driveway by some rocks

Album: fire ant

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Thanks for the help

#2 Offline Martialis - Posted February 17 2018 - 12:50 PM

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We can't access the album, but looking at the thumbnail, it does resemble one.

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#3 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted February 17 2018 - 12:51 PM

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Yeah, looks like Solenopsis!

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#4 Offline JTaves - Posted February 17 2018 - 12:54 PM

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It should be public now, sorry.

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#5 Offline Martialis - Posted February 17 2018 - 1:00 PM

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Yup. Definitely fire ants. They may actually be Solenopsis xyloni, which (unlike Solenopsis Invicta) is a native species.

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#6 Offline Mettcollsuss - Posted February 17 2018 - 1:24 PM

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Solenopsis all the way.

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#7 Offline JTaves - Posted February 17 2018 - 1:26 PM

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Thanks for all the help.

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#8 Offline gcsnelling - Posted February 17 2018 - 2:07 PM

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Solenopsis xyloni for sure.

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#9 Offline Reacker - Posted February 17 2018 - 2:48 PM

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A lot of what people think are fire ants are really just Pogonomyrmex harvester ants. Their stings can be quite painful but other than that and being mostly red they don't share much in common with what are usually considered to be fire ants in the US.