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[AntsCali123]

I know she’s Crematogaster but can anyone tell what kind??




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[AntsCali098]

Cerasi maybe?

Edited by AntsCali098, April 6 2022 - 3:54 PM.

[PetsNotPests]

Crematogaster ceraci queen. Please follow the proper ID format next time.

[AntsCali123]

Sorry but what's the proper ID format? I'm still figuring this out on here

[AntsCali098]

Sorry but what's the proper ID format? I'm still figuring this out on here

You don’t HAVE to follow the format (I think) but the format is pinned

[AntsCali098]

Sorry but what's the proper ID format? I'm still figuring this out on here

I legit used to have the same pfp as you and we have very similar names. What a coincidence

[AntsCali123]

Ok Ill definitely try an follow it. Thanks


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[AntsCali123]

Sorry but what's the proper ID format? I'm still figuring this out on here

I legit used to have the same pfp as you and we have very similar names. What a coincidence

Haha that’s awesome what part of Cali you in? I’m from Sacramento


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[Kaelwizard]

 

Sorry but what's the proper ID format? I'm still figuring this out on here

You don’t HAVE to follow the format (I think) but the format is pinned

 

You do, a lot of people don't out of ignorance or lack of consideration of how how helpful it can be for IDers.

 

Also, Crematogaster are incredibly hard to get down to species level, so I would just leave it at that.

[ColAnt735]

You can easily differentiate Crematogaster cerasi and lineolata ( which seem to be the most likely candidates of species for this queen )by the hairs on the mesosoma Crematogaster cerasi has no hairs on mesosoma and lineolata does. This queen seems to lack the hairs on mesosoma so I’d say it’s C.cerasi.

Edited by ColAnt735, April 6 2022 - 4:44 PM.

[Mettcollsuss]

I'm assuming this was found in California, since that's where your profile says you are. In which case, cerasi/lineolata would be unlikely. Kaelwizard is correct, better photos would be needed for a species ID, the best that can probably be done from these photos is Crematogaster (Crematogaster) since that's the only subgenus in Cali.

 

You can easily differentiate Crematogaster cerasi and lineolata ( which seem to be the most likely candidates of species for this queen )by the hairs on the mesosoma Crematogaster cerasi has no hairs on mesosoma and lineolata does. This queen seems to lack the hairs on mesosoma so I’d say it’s C.cerasi.

I don't think this photo is good enough to distinguish the two. Gaster or head hairs aren't visible even though they're present in both species, so that makes it seem more likely that the lack of mesosoma hairs is due to them just not showing up in the photo rather than the ant actually lacking hairs. Also while the mesosoma hair works for distinguishing workers, queens of both species have hair on the mesosoma: 

• cerasi
• lineolata

[ColAnt735]

From what I can see there are very small hairs on the queens gaster and head but none on the mesosoma as they seem to not be a reflection although it could be dirt.

Edited by ColAnt735, April 6 2022 - 5:34 PM.

[Manitobant]

This is in california…

[AntsCali123]

Here is another photo. You can see the hairs a little better. But I’ll take a good picture when I get home with my macro lens



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[ColAnt735]

Crematogaster lineolata and cerasi are both present in california but are quite rare so I wouldn’t keep them out of question.

Edited by ColAnt735, April 6 2022 - 5:59 PM.

[AntsCali098]

 

 

Sorry but what's the proper ID format? I'm still figuring this out on here

I legit used to have the same pfp as you and we have very similar names. What a coincidence

Haha that’s awesome what part of Cali you in? I’m from Sacramento


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Oh I'm in socal, Long Beach 

[gcsnelling]

Image is not even close to good enough to differentiate between the species, Crematogaster queens are very difficult to impossible to Id to species without associated workers. Genus is as good as it gets with this one.

Edited by gcsnelling, April 7 2022 - 3:31 PM.