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Started By Antkeeper01 , Aug 30 2020 3:37 PM

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#1 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted August 30 2020 - 3:37 PM

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August 4th in founding chamber next to concrete and another ant colony had yellowish ants. maybe social parasite?

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Edited by Antkeeper01, September 5 2020 - 2:35 PM.

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1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#2 Offline Antkid12 - Posted August 30 2020 - 3:43 PM

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Its hard to tell from the photo but its fully claustral and my guess is pheidole.


Edited by Antkid12, August 30 2020 - 3:44 PM.

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 AnthonyP163 - Posted August 30 2020 - 4:05 PM

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Pheidole are very rare here in Wisconsin, I'm interested to see if this is actually Pheidole.

 

Can you get some different photos from above/to the side of the ant? 


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