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[Luke_in_AZ]

I caught this ant running around on a trail about 9:00pm.  Looks like a queen ant? 

 

Thank you for your help IDing!  I’m newer to the anting hobby and hoping to find a queen and try my luck at raising a colony.

 

 

 

1. Location

- Phoenix Arizona (Town of Gilbert)

2. Date of collection

- June 11^th 2020 about 9:00pm

3. Habitat of collection: 

- Typical Arizona Desert

4. Length (from head to gaster):

- Hard to guess exactly. Probably about 4 – 5 mm

5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: 

- Gastor looks shiny in pictures but in person it looks more “fuzzy”

9. Nuptial flight time and date:

- June 11^th 2020

 

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[Zeiss]

Seems like it's from the genus Brachymyrmex to me.

[Luke_in_AZ]

These pictures through the test tube are pretty crappy.  I'll try to get some better ones. 

[Aaron567]

Probably Brachymyrmex patagonicus, an introduced species that is known from that area.

[AntsDakota]

Yeah, they were everywhere in Phoenix. Even saw a few queened colonies while flipping over rocks, and such.