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Ant ID

Started By UtahAnts , Nov 28 2020 7:28 PM

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#21 Offline NickAnter - Posted September 11 2021 - 9:00 PM

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Formica sp. Probably as far as you can go without pics that have better lighting.

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).

#22 Offline Manitobant - Posted September 11 2021 - 9:02 PM

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Distinguishing information:

-Found it in a nuptial chamber on Powerhouse Mountain near Springville UT.
-It looks like Formica, but it is slower than other queens I've seen
-Color/texture: black and shiny
-No brood, seems skinny for a claustral queen
-It did have an orange blood sucking mite on it's head, so that might be why it was sluggish.

formica species in the neogagates group, possibly F. limata