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Indianapolis, IN 6/21 Queen + worker ID


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#1 Offline Roll Me-Wan Kenobi - Posted June 21 2021 - 12:33 AM

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1. Location of collection: Indianapolis, Indiana.  Along hiking trails in local park forest area

2. Date of collection: 6/19/2021
3. Habitat of collection : wooded forest along hiking trail
4. Length: Queen size 7-8 mm  worker size ~4mm
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture : Red coloration, small and thin, long antennae
6. Distinguishing characteristics : captured two queens and two workers with eggs from a small nest under a leaf
7. Anything else distinctive: Polygenic, capture 2 queens from the same nest
8. Nest description Small nest with 10-20 workers under a leaf. I noticed a worker carrying brood to the leaf. I tried to collect more workers but they scattered while I captured the queens

9. Nuptial flight time and date: unknown

 

I captured two queens of this species and have in separate test tubes with one worker each. If I move them back into the same tube will they still get along? It has been a few days since capture. I suspect this species is polygenic but I put them in separate tubes until I get a species ID. Both queens layed eggs on the first or second night in the tube.

 

https://imgur.com/a/qaR4BgE

https://imgur.com/a/Yw1pHYw

https://imgur.com/a/MeZ9UL7

 

worker:

https://imgur.com/a/ps5qxjM


Edited by Roll Me-Wan Kenobi, June 21 2021 - 12:36 AM.

Currently keeping:

 

Species                    Colony Size

Aphaenogaster sp.   100+ 

C. castaneus            6  

C. pennsylvanicus    50+

F. pallidefulva           20

F. fusca                    50+

L. niger                    100+

T. immigrans            8


#2 Offline SYUTEO - Posted June 21 2021 - 1:39 AM

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It's an Aphaenogaster sp


Began antkeeping in 2018  :)

 

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#3 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted June 21 2021 - 4:24 AM

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It's an Aphaenogaster sp

Seconded.




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