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Carlsbad, CA. ID Request

Started By zantezaint , Aug 6 2020 1:39 AM

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#1 Offline zantezaint - Posted August 6 2020 - 1:39 AM

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1. Carlsbad, CA.
2. 8/6//2020.
3. Desert sand, marshland.
4. 5 mm.
5. Brown.
6. No colonies. Queen only.
7. Acted dead when touched.
8. 

9. 6 P.M.

 

Species guess, but without certainty: Not an ant and not a queen.

 

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Edited by zantezaint, August 7 2020 - 5:21 PM.

https://www.formicul...ale-california/

 

4 x Solenopsis xyloni (Fire ant) colonies.

2 x Veromessor andrei (Seed-harvester ant) colonies.

19 x Pogonomyrmex subnitidus (Seed-harvester ant) colonies + 3 x Pogonomyrmex (ID uncertain) colonies

16 x Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) colonies.

1 x Unknown Formicidae colony.

1 x Tapinoma sessile (Odorous house ant) colony.

1 x Camponotus fragilis (Carpenter/wood ant) colony + 1 x Camponotus sansabeanus (Carpenter/wood ant) colony.

1 x Solenopsis molesta (Thief ant) colony.

#2 Offline Antkid12 - Posted August 6 2020 - 3:25 AM

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You are so good at guessing! Yeah this is a wingless wasp.


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Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#3 Offline Spazmops - Posted August 6 2020 - 9:52 AM

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I find so many of those where I live, they’re the worst.


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Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 

#4 Offline zantezaint - Posted August 6 2020 - 9:59 AM

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Don't hate. Just appreciate.  :D Thanks guys! Case closed.


https://www.formicul...ale-california/

 

4 x Solenopsis xyloni (Fire ant) colonies.

2 x Veromessor andrei (Seed-harvester ant) colonies.

19 x Pogonomyrmex subnitidus (Seed-harvester ant) colonies + 3 x Pogonomyrmex (ID uncertain) colonies

16 x Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) colonies.

1 x Unknown Formicidae colony.

1 x Tapinoma sessile (Odorous house ant) colony.

1 x Camponotus fragilis (Carpenter/wood ant) colony + 1 x Camponotus sansabeanus (Carpenter/wood ant) colony.

1 x Solenopsis molesta (Thief ant) colony.

#5 Offline Solenoqueen - Posted August 13 2020 - 11:54 PM

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Wait, is that a test tube capped by a sock? Nice Mutillid, by the way.
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