Pogonomyrmex CF californicus
First time trying a picture....
found in my backyard, being attacked by argentine ants
named her "Kusa"
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ID REQUEST FROM ALZA
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, Apr 18 2015 10:31 AM
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Posted April 18 2015 - 10:31 AM
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Posted April 18 2015 - 10:35 AM
Impossible to determine the species without a closer picture.
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Posted April 18 2015 - 10:37 AM
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Okay, ill get more
but since when do pogonomyrmex fly this early ?
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Posted April 18 2015 - 2:46 PM
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I think Drew has seen them fly this early, if not earlier.
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Posted April 18 2015 - 5:36 PM
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First, can we all agree that this is pogonomyrmex ? lol, I'm 99.9% sure, but who knows.
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Posted April 18 2015 - 6:35 PM
P. subdentatus fly this early and even earlier. Now this is obviously not P. subtentatus, as they are much further north, but I think it might just be a disoriented alate or something. Have you seen anymore than this?
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Posted April 18 2015 - 6:53 PM
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If it has been as warm as i have been hearing P. californicus could quite possibly be flying now.
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Posted April 18 2015 - 7:26 PM
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No others, just this one
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Posted April 18 2015 - 7:28 PM
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I've been keeping tabs on a few P. californicus colonies on my street and they just barely started digging out their nests a few weeks ago. I'd be very surprised if they're already flying.
Camponotus vicinus, Crematogaster 1, Crematogaster 2, Formica francoeuri, *, *, Myrmecocystus testaceus, Novomessor cockerelli, Pheidole hyatti, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Solenopsis invicta
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Posted April 18 2015 - 7:33 PM
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if all is right in the world, and luck is in my favor, a new species maybe ? Also, I'm getting more pictures soon.
it looks exactly like a californicus to me, to be honest....
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Posted April 18 2015 - 9:09 PM
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Antsinmypants found around 50 pogonomyrmex queens last month in Fresno so...
Edited by LAnt, April 18 2015 - 9:10 PM.
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Posted April 18 2015 - 9:19 PM
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STOP SHOUTING IN YOUR SUBJECT LINES.
- dspdrew and cpman like this
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Posted April 18 2015 - 9:41 PM
I think people are talking about the weather as if we are still in March. The entire month of March was way above average, but April has been a different story. They are forecasting even more snow in the mountains and high desert again this week.
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Posted April 18 2015 - 10:19 PM
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I think people are talking about the weather as if we are still in March. The entire month of March was way above average, but April has been a different story. They are forecasting even more snow in the mountains and high desert again this week.
I keep forgetting that it is April. Here, the weather has changed very little. A tiny bit warmer, that's all.
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Posted April 19 2015 - 7:17 AM
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I can't manage a good picture...
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Posted April 23 2015 - 7:24 AM
Be sure to let us know if this alate ends up with larvae.
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