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please help me ID the queen I found


Best Answer yibsi , June 14 2021 - 10:02 AM

Tetrimorium immigrans queen, otherwise known as pavement ants, a very friendly and easy to keep beginner species.

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#1 Offline AntTitan - Posted June 14 2021 - 9:49 AM

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Please help me ID her, I'm relatively new to ant keeping and don't know how to tell the differences between species and genus. And if I can get the species, or genus, I can give her better and more accurate care

 

1. Location (on a map) of collection: Kuna, Idaho, USA (a few miles south-west of Boise Idaho)
2. Date of collection: June 14, 2021
3. Habitat of collection: neighborhood in the suburbs
4. Length (from head to gaster): about 1 mm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: smooth, black, small hairs all over
6. Distinguishing characteristics: she is black, but is black and tan on her abdomen
7. Distinguishing behavior: I don't know
8. Nest description:  I don't know

9. Nuptial flight time and date: 7-11 am 6/14/2021

I don't know if this helps but if was mid to high 70's Fahrenheit two days after a rain storm on a clear day with winds between 5-8 MPH

 

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#2 Offline yibsi - Posted June 14 2021 - 10:02 AM   Best Answer

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Tetrimorium immigrans queen, otherwise known as pavement ants, a very friendly and easy to keep beginner species.


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#3 Offline PetsNotPests - Posted June 14 2021 - 2:03 PM

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That's a Tetramorium Immigrans queen you've got there. One of my favorite species, plus they're very fun and beginner friendly.  


Edited by PetsNotPests, June 19 2021 - 5:24 PM.

Ants are Pets, not Pests. 

 

-Camponotus sansabeanus

-Camponotus US-CA02

-Camponotus vicinus

-Formica podzolica

-Monomorium spp.

-Pogonomyrmex californicus

-Solenopsis spp. 

 


#4 Offline AntTitan - Posted June 14 2021 - 2:44 PM

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Thank you guys sooooo much for ID-ing her, luckily for me their was a nuptial flight for her this morning where I caught 8 queens and 3 males and I'm so excited I got an ID for them, especially since I only usually get a genus for queen ants I find because of my phones bad picture quality.






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