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Atlanta, Ga USA (Possible Pharaoh Ant Queen) 6/28


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#1 Offline Annexis - Posted June 28 2021 - 12:41 PM

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1. Found outside on my door in Atlanta Ga, a foresty area. 

 

2. Found on 6/28/2021

3. Temperate Deciduous Forest + Suburb
4. About 5mm long more or less (was hard getting this one)
5. Yellow in color, Front half of gaster and top of thorax black. More round Thorax.
6. For some reason reminds me of a praying mantis with the face and thorax.
7. Relatively Calm not moving around much.

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#2 Offline PetsNotPests - Posted June 28 2021 - 12:58 PM

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Male of some sort. May even be some kind of parasitic wasp. Not sure what species, though. 


Edited by PetsNotPests, June 28 2021 - 1:04 PM.

Ants are Pets, not Pests. 

 

-Camponotus sansabeanus

-Camponotus US-CA02

-Camponotus vicinus

-Formica podzolica

-Monomorium spp.

-Pogonomyrmex californicus

-Solenopsis spp. 

 


#3 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted June 28 2021 - 1:33 PM

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That might be a wasp- if it doesn’t have elbowed antennae, it isn’t an ant

Edited by Swirlysnowflake, June 28 2021 - 1:34 PM.

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