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Caught: November/ 5/ 2020, Northridge California

Started By ZTYguy , Nov 6 2020 1:33 PM

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#1 Offline ZTYguy - Posted November 6 2020 - 1:33 PM

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About 4 1/2 milimeters, has stripes on underbelly on gaster. Thinking its a Dorymyrmex insanus queen. Just wanted to make sure.

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Edited by ZTYguy, November 6 2020 - 1:34 PM.

Currently: Considering moving to Australia
Reason: Myrmecia

#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted November 6 2020 - 1:57 PM

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Brachymyrmex patagonicus, an easy and polygynous species.

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My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#3 Offline M_Ants - Posted November 6 2020 - 2:00 PM

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I think it might be D. insanus.

Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp.

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi

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#4 Offline Zeiss - Posted November 6 2020 - 3:00 PM

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Could you get better pictures without the tube warping the image and more light? If you're using a phone camera, you can usually get 3-4inches to the subject and it still focuses. Don't zoom in too much or else the image is too grainy.

Right now I'm pretty sure it's Brachymyrmex patagonicus.

Edited by Zeiss, November 6 2020 - 3:01 PM.

#5 Offline NickAnter - Posted November 6 2020 - 3:45 PM

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Brachymyrmex patagonicus. The ever boring, tiny sp.

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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