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Texas Ant ID (08/30/2020)

Started By reagan_ball , Aug 30 2020 10:56 AM
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#1 Offline reagan_ball - Posted August 30 2020 - 10:56 AM

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This ant was found on the sidewalk of a park in Lubbock, Texas. She was collected on August 30th, 2020. I am not sure if this is a queen ant or not. I did not see any colonies nearby. She is ~10 mm. She has a dark red head and gaster with with small hairs. She has a lighter red thorax with one petiole node. Please ket me know what species this ant is, and if this may be a queen. Thank you.


 

 

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#2 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted August 30 2020 - 11:10 AM

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Camponotus worker.
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#3 Offline Spazmops - Posted August 30 2020 - 11:41 AM

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Camponotus worker, unfortunately.


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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 30 2020 - 12:28 PM

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You can also tell it is a worker because a queen has more vertical mass on the thorax where the wing will or used to be.

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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 Martialis - Posted August 30 2020 - 1:07 PM

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C. vicinus?


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#6 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 30 2020 - 1:12 PM

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C. texanus most likely.


Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

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