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P. vistana in norcal


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#1 Offline ponerinecat - Posted October 7 2019 - 3:15 PM

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I think I found pheidole vistana in norcal, up in shingle springsRSCN9976.JPG?width=300&height=225RSCN9977.JPG?width=300&height=225



#2 Offline gcsnelling - Posted October 7 2019 - 4:47 PM

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Not P. vistana, head shape is all wrong.


Edited by gcsnelling, October 7 2019 - 4:47 PM.

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#3 Offline Manitobant - Posted October 7 2019 - 4:55 PM

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Might be pheidole desertorum

#4 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted October 7 2019 - 8:28 PM

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Probably Pheidole hyatti.

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#5 Offline Silq - Posted October 8 2019 - 8:41 AM

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Probably Pheidole hyatti.

so there is a camponotus hyatti and a pheidole hyatti? they know how make this hobby difficult and confusing lol. Is the species naming because of the person who discovered it?


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#6 Offline ponerinecat - Posted October 8 2019 - 3:12 PM

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looks like hyatti, so that's probably it.



#7 Offline gcsnelling - Posted October 8 2019 - 3:16 PM

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P. hyatti does seem logical.






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