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ID Request 6/23/19 San Carlos, CA

Started By Jadeninja9 , Jun 23 2019 10:12 PM

Best Answer YsTheAnt , June 24 2019 - 5:54 AM

Pheidole sp. Go to the full post


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#1 Offline Jadeninja9 - Posted June 23 2019 - 10:12 PM

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San Carlos, CA

 

10pm 6/23/19

 

Collected in home near chapparal

 

~4mm

 

Head and thorax are dark reddish brown while gaster is an even darker brown

 

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#2 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted June 24 2019 - 5:54 AM   Best Answer

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Pheidole sp.
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#3 Offline Jadeninja9 - Posted June 24 2019 - 8:43 AM

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Pheidole sp.


Thanks dude

#4 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted June 24 2019 - 8:59 AM

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Kinda looks like Pheidole vistana.

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#5 Offline Jadeninja9 - Posted June 24 2019 - 11:13 AM

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Kinda looks like Pheidole vistana.


Sadly that’s not a species in my area. I checked ant web where they luckily have an entire research project devoted to describing the species in my local area, and they list Pheidole hyatti, P. californicus, and P. moerens as the only species here. Based on coloration I’d say it’s either the first two

#6 Offline NickAnter - Posted June 25 2019 - 11:28 AM

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This is either Pheidole californica, or Pheidole moerens. Pheidole moerens have been flying, I have caught five so far. Pheidole hyatti is larger than 4mm.

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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#7 Offline Somethinghmm - Posted June 25 2019 - 12:43 PM

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This is either Pheidole californica, or Pheidole moerens. Pheidole moerens have been flying, I have caught five so far. Pheidole hyatti is larger than 4mm.

Pheidole moerens were renamed to Pheidole navigans in California.


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