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Queen Ant ID (Pheidole sp.) (Trabuco Canyon, CA) (5-27-2015)

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#1 Offline dspdrew - Posted May 27 2015 - 7:26 AM

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1. Location of collection: Trabuco Canyon, California.
2. Date of collection:  4-27-2015.
3. Habitat of collection:  Chaparral, oak forest.
4. Length (from head to gaster):  5 mm.
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture:  Brownish red with a dark brown gaster.
6. Distinguishing characteristics:
7. Anything else distinctive:
8. Nest description:

 

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#2 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted June 9 2015 - 9:38 PM

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Same species? They flew like 12 days apart and look relatively familiar to each other.

Keep in mind my lighting is also pretty poor, making her look darker.


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#3 Offline Roachant - Posted June 15 2015 - 4:57 PM

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Uhhmm I found what appears to be the same species today, here near Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Found 6 upon arriving home, in my pool at 5:30 pm est
Length 6-7 mm
Reddish brown color
Two spots on the outer sides of her wings

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#4 Offline William. T - Posted June 15 2015 - 6:56 PM

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Hey Drew, maybe it is just me, but that queen looks parasitic, with the mandibles and gaster.


Species I keep:

 

1 Lasius cf. Neoniger 30 workers

1 Camponotus sp. 15 workers

20 Tetramorium SpE 30 workers

1 T. Sessile 200 workers

 


#5 Offline dspdrew - Posted June 15 2015 - 8:33 PM

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Uhhmm I found what appears to be the same species today, here near Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Found 6 upon arriving home, in my pool at 5:30 pm est
Length 6-7 mm
Reddish brown color
Two spots on the outer sides of her wings

 

I highly doubt that is the same species considering how many species of Pheidole there are, and the fact that you are on the other side of the continent and much much further north.

 

 

Hey Drew, maybe it is just me, but that queen looks parasitic, with the mandibles and gaster.

 

Not parasitic, just the typical Pheidole look.


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#6 Offline Myrmicinae - Posted June 15 2015 - 8:44 PM

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Hey Drew, maybe it is just me, but that queen looks parasitic, with the mandibles and gaster.

 

Not parasitic, just the typical Pheidole look.

 

 

I find it interesting that many North American Pheidole species have such small queens.  Pheidole seem to almost exclusively found colonies in an independent and fully claustral manner, so I would expect to see bulkier queens.


Journals on Formiculture:
Pheidole ceres
Tapinoma sessile

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#7 Offline Jonathan21700 - Posted June 16 2015 - 12:17 PM

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Uhhmm I found what appears to be the same species today, here near Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Found 6 upon arriving home, in my pool at 5:30 pm est
Length 6-7 mm
Reddish brown color
Two spots on the outer sides of her wings

Tetramorium sp.


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