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Unidentified Queen Katy, Texas 6/22/17


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#1 Offline Ants_Texas - Posted June 22 2017 - 5:39 PM

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1. Location: Katy, Texas
2. Date of collection: 6/22/17
3. Habitat of collection: My backyard spa, a grassy area surrounds it.
4. Length (from head to gaster): A little more than half a centimeter.
5. Color: Black or dark brown, with a striped abdomen. No visible hair.
6. Distinguishing characteristics: None.
7. Distinguishing behavior: Not too bothered by light so far.
8. Nest description: No nest description.

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#2 Offline VoidElecent - Posted June 22 2017 - 7:06 PM

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Pheidole sp. or Solenopsis sp. Given the relatively wide head (better pictures would be ideal, but I think these are sufficient) you may want to go with Pheidole. You may also want to add an accurate, not approximated length and some details regarding the time of day and conditions the queen was captured in.


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#3 Offline Ants_Texas - Posted June 22 2017 - 7:14 PM

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Pheidole sp. or Solenopsis sp. Given the relatively wide head (better pictures would be ideal, but I think these are sufficient) you may want to go with Pheidole. You may also want to add an accurate, not approximated length and some details regarding the time of day and conditions the queen was captured in.

Sounds good. Is pheidole fully claustral?



#4 Offline VoidElecent - Posted June 22 2017 - 7:17 PM

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Pheidole sp. or Solenopsis sp. Given the relatively wide head (better pictures would be ideal, but I think these are sufficient) you may want to go with Pheidole. You may also want to add an accurate, not approximated length and some details regarding the time of day and conditions the queen was captured in.

Sounds good. Is pheidole fully claustral?

 

 

I think most species are, yes. I'm not entirely sure my identification is accurate, but I think it's pretty much safe to assume this queen is fully claustral; a standard test tube setup should do the trick.






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