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Red Ant Queen Found in Northern CA

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#1 Offline Redmoth27 - Posted August 24 2019 - 3:06 PM

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I'm not sure what she is but she's been running around the top of her enclosure since I got her. I gave her an outer world thinking she was semi-claustral but I'm now thinking she may be parasitic because she hasn't settled down and is always looking for a way out (presumably to find a colony to take over).

 

1. Location of collection: She was caught in my backyard at the fence that's bordering my yard from a field.

2. Date of collection: 8/19/2019

3. Habitat of collection: A small branch of a small tree secured to a fence near that's home to a small Argentine ant colony.

4. Length: I don't know how to measure but I assume it to be around 7 millimeters.

5. Coloration, hue, pattern, and texture: she's red.

6. characteristics:  Slim, has slightly thick antennas and big eyes.

7. Anything else distinctive: nothing

8. Nest description: Never seen it.

9. Nuptial flight time and date: I don't know, my guess is late summer.

 

Here's some pictures of her:

https://imgur.com/gallery/8hMePxr


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#2 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted August 24 2019 - 3:15 PM

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Pseudomyrmex for sure. I know she is semi-claustral, that she would naturally live in a hollow stick, and that she needs little to no humidity. Maybe try and make something with bamboo? A dry test tube full of sawdust? Other than that I think you should ask someone who keeps this coveted genus. Congrats on your find and welcome Formiculture!


Edited by Antennal_Scrobe, August 24 2019 - 3:22 PM.

Currently keeping:

 

Tetramorium immigrans, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Myrmica punctiventris, Formica subsericea

Formica pallidefulva, Aphaeogaster cf. rudis

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus nearcticus

Crematogaster cerasi

Temnothorax ambiguus

Prenolepis imparis


#3 Offline ponerinecat - Posted August 24 2019 - 7:59 PM

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pseudomyrmex



#4 Offline Major - Posted August 26 2019 - 2:50 AM

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Nice find!



#5 Offline Tkmalphurs - Posted August 26 2019 - 9:52 AM

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Judging from its darker color my guess would be Pseudomyrmex apache cause it is the darker of the two Californian Psuedomyrmex species.







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