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#1 Offline CreeperUniverse - Posted July 18 2019 - 7:49 AM

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Hi, I'm unsure of when I specifically caught this queen, but it was sometime during the springtime and she was under a rock (I also found other ones). She has grown her colony a decent bit, but I still can't tell what species she is. My best guess is Nylanderia flavipes, but the workers look somewhat yellow. Though this could just be a nanitic thing, it seems unlikely. Or maybe I'm just blind.

 

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#2 Offline VoidElecent - Posted July 18 2019 - 7:50 AM

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Nylanderia flavipes would not be a bad guess. She does look like Nylanderia, but getting down the species level will be nearly impoossible.



#3 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted July 18 2019 - 7:50 AM

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The yellow workers could be callow, meaning not fully hardened.

As for an ID, we will need better pictures. It would be a lot easier as well of you could follow the format, which makes it a lot easier to narrow down the species range.

Edited by YsTheAnt, July 18 2019 - 7:52 AM.

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#4 Offline Aaron567 - Posted July 18 2019 - 8:10 AM

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Definitely looks like one of the dark colored, native Nylanderia species, but pretty much all of those are very hard to identify without high magnification or microscope detail.



#5 Offline CreeperUniverse - Posted July 22 2019 - 5:40 PM

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Definitely looks like one of the dark colored, native Nylanderia species, but pretty much all of those are very hard to identify without high magnification or microscope detail.

Okay, until the colony is much larger or they accept a new clean tube it will be very tough to get good pictures. As far as I know, only N. flavipes live in New York state. I've also seen them nearby. For now I think I'll go with Nylanderia flavipes.

Edit: It's also important to note that I do see a slight differentiation in shade on their thoraxes, which definitely goes in that direction.


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