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I'm a new ant keeper so can someone please ID my queen ant.


Best Answer M_Ants , March 20 2021 - 12:27 PM

Crematogaster sp. 

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#1 Offline AntTitan - Posted March 20 2021 - 11:54 AM

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1. Location: Murrieta, California/southern California, United States of America
2. Date of collection: Unknown
3. Habitat of collection: Suburbs, neighborhood with lots of houses and yards 
4. Length (from head to gaster): approximately 9.5 mm or 6/16 inches 
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: Completely black with a smooth texture that reflects light a little bit
6. Distinguishing characteristics: I'm new to ant keeping so I don't know if there is anything distinguishing or not, it just looks like a normal queen ant
7. Distinguishing behavior: I'm new to ant keeping so I don't know if there is anything distinguishing or not, but from what I can tell, she act's normal
8. Nest description: unknown

9. Nuptial flight time and date: Unknown, but it was a one of the later nuptial flight

 

I've done some more research after finding out it is crematogaster genus, I think it might by a crematogaster cersi or crematogster emeryana queen, what do you guys think?

 

Sorry the pictures aren't the best quality, my phone camera isn't the best

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#2 Offline M_Ants - Posted March 20 2021 - 12:27 PM   Best Answer

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Crematogaster sp. 


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Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

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#3 Offline AntTitan - Posted March 20 2021 - 2:35 PM

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yeah it definitely looks like it belongs in the crematogaster genus. Any idea about what species of crematogaster it is though?



#4 Offline ANTdrew - Posted March 20 2021 - 5:07 PM

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No way to get it down to species from these photos. They are a PITA to ID on a good day.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#5 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 20 2021 - 5:24 PM

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As ANTdrew said, its near impossible to ID them from anything less than clear microscope/very good macro pics.


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#6 Offline AntTitan - Posted March 21 2021 - 4:57 PM

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Yeah I don't have that type of camera to get those kinds of shots so I'll just stick with this for now, thank you so much for helping me!






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