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#1 Offline Thomas - Posted July 25 2017 - 3:12 PM

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1. Location Mesa, Arizona. USA
2. Date of collection: July 21 2017
3. Habitat of collection: residential desert, 2 hours after a rain.
4. Length ~7.5mm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: mostly amber with the gaster being very dark brown with golden yellow in between like a bee.
6. Distinguishing characteristics: two petiole nodes, paddle or club shaped antenna. Can't count the segments because it moves its head continuously. maybe about 12.
7. Distinguishing behavior:None yet.
8. Nest description: It likes water, It is raising the brood in the wettest part of the tube, a clump of about five or six looks like. large eyes

Laid eggs about two days after I found it, I have a stereo scope to look at it with but no camera. One picture from my phone.

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#2 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted July 25 2017 - 3:30 PM

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Take better pictures please. Probably Pheidole.


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#3 Offline cpman - Posted July 25 2017 - 9:36 PM

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Are you able to count the segments in the club of the antenna?

#4 Offline Thomas - Posted July 25 2017 - 10:00 PM

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Tenn.ants, Thanks so much, I think you nailed it, Pheidole tepicana is very much like the queen. I wasn't able to find a picture of a queen though.

As far as me posting a better picture, it is impossible for now. I have no camera but the phone and I try not to disturb her if I can help it.

Cpman I haven't done that yet, but it will be a main plan when I can.



#5 Offline cpman - Posted July 26 2017 - 7:52 AM

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Tenn.ants, Thanks so much, I think you nailed it, Pheidole tepicana is very much like the queen. I wasn't able to find a picture of a queen though.
As far as me posting a better picture, it is impossible for now. I have no camera but the phone and I try not to disturb her if I can help it.
Cpman I haven't done that yet, but it will be a main plan when I can.

If it is Pheidole, the club should have 3 segments. I couldn't tell if there were any spines on the mesosoma though. If it has no spines on the mesosoma (on Pheidole queens, they can be pretty small) and a two segmented club, it's probably Solenopsis.

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#6 Offline Batspiderfish - Posted July 26 2017 - 4:58 PM

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If Pheidole, you won't be able to identify to the species at a glance, and you may not get a proper chance at all until both castes of workers arrive. Providing more than one photograph, from different angles, would help us confirm the genus.


If you've enjoyed using my expertise and identifications, please do not create undue ecological risk by releasing your ants. The environment which we keep our pet insects is alien and oftentimes unsanitary, so ensure that wild populations stay safe by giving your ants the best care you can manage for the rest of their lives, as we must do with any other pet.

 

Exotic ants are for those who think that vibrant diversity is something you need to pay money to see. It is illegal to transport live ants across state lines.

 

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