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[Luke_in_AZ]

Pictures don’t do this ant justice.  It glows bright yellow and black.  Pretty awesome.  

 

I would guess this is not a queen. What do you think?

 

 

1. Location (on a map) of collection: 

Gilbert, AZ (suburbs of Phoenix)

2. Date of collection: 

July 1^st, 2020

3. Habitat of collection: 

Typical Phoenix neighborhood

4. Length (from head to gaster):

About 8mm

5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: 

Gold, black, yellow, white (it’s looks silver though in the photos)

6. Distinguishing characteristics: 

Super-fast!  I had to run after this ant to catch it!  (well, almost)

 

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[M_Ants]

Ground wasp?

[Luke_in_AZ]

Forgot to add that it has white / silver strips on each side of it's abdomen.  At first I thought it was a cut but both sides are matching.

[Luke_in_AZ]

Ground wasp?

Well, if it's not even an ant, that would explain a lot for this beginner ant keeper!  lol

[M_Ants]

saw something similar today

Edited by M_Ants, July 1 2020 - 9:10 PM.

[M_Ants]

myrmosidae

[Antkid12]

Agreed.

Edited by Antkid12, July 2 2020 - 4:13 AM.