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Queen Ant ID (Pheidole sp.) (Trabuco Canyon, California) (7-28-2014)

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#1 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 28 2014 - 4:17 PM

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1. Location of collection: Trabuco Canyon, California.
2. Date of collection: 7-27-2014.
3. Habitat of collection: Chaparral/Oak Forest.
4. Length (from head to gaster): 4 mm.
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: All orangish-yellow.
6. Distinguishing characteristics:  Small spines, lots of hair.
7. Anything else distinctive:
8. Nest description:

 

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#2 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 28 2014 - 4:17 PM

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Looks like Pheidole to me, but I didn't know their queens can be this small.

 

Edit: After talking to some people, I think Temnothorax is a better guess.



#3 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted July 28 2014 - 10:08 PM

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Another Temnothorax?



#4 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 28 2014 - 10:41 PM

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Possibly.



#5 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 11 2014 - 7:58 PM

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These are definitely Temnothorax Pheidole, I just don't know what species.

 

I just added some new microscope images.



#6 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 12 2014 - 5:41 AM

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Okay, this apparently is not Temnothorax, but Pheidole.



#7 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted September 12 2014 - 8:30 AM

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I was going to say it looks like a small Pheidole sp.

#8 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted October 11 2014 - 3:24 PM

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Pheidole (Pilifera) sp. is the closest I would guess, actually not even that. When your colony gets bigger, pin up a major and a minor worker.


Edited by Gregory2455, October 11 2014 - 3:25 PM.


#9 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted July 23 2015 - 8:32 PM

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Are you going to pin a worker of these up?



#10 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 23 2015 - 8:42 PM

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I could probably do that.



#11 Offline Alza - Posted July 23 2015 - 8:44 PM

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Pheidole Yaqui 



#12 Offline kellakk - Posted July 23 2015 - 8:46 PM

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Alza, you can't give a positive ID to any Pheidole sp. without a major.


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Current Species:
Camponotus fragilis

Novomessor cockerelli

Pogonomyrmex montanus

Pogonomyrmex rugosus

Manica bradleyi

 

 


#13 Offline Alza - Posted July 23 2015 - 9:39 PM

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I didn't say I was positive, it was a guess.

Bottom line - Nobody knows what it is, so the only thing you really can do is throw out idea's, and he can compare the species.


Edited by Alza, July 23 2015 - 9:51 PM.


#14 Offline LC3 - Posted July 23 2015 - 10:17 PM

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I didn't say I was positive, it was a guess.

Bottom line - Nobody knows what it is, so the only thing you really can do is throw out idea's, and he can compare the species.

Should have putted a question mark :P



#15 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 24 2015 - 7:13 AM

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I didnt say I was positive, it was a guess.

Bottom line - Nobody knows what it is, so the only thing you really can do is throw out idea's, and he can compare the species.

Should have putted a question mark :P

 

 

That's right. My guesses always have question marks or some context indicating such.


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#16 Offline kellakk - Posted July 24 2015 - 9:07 AM

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I agree, punctuation is helpful.  After studying up on Pheidole for a while I'm pretty confident that both species you caught are in the bicarinata complex of the pilifera group.  You can tell because there's very little to no sculpture on the top part of the head.


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Current Species:
Camponotus fragilis

Novomessor cockerelli

Pogonomyrmex montanus

Pogonomyrmex rugosus

Manica bradleyi

 

 






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