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Real County Texas (Southwest Texas, Hill Country, 6/1/2022) (Caught another one)

Started By Verseven , Jun 1 2022 9:36 PM

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#1 Offline Verseven - Posted June 1 2022 - 9:36 PM

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Is this a queen

Real County Texas (Southwest Texas, Hill Country, 6/1/2022)

Found indoors (around a group of smaller ants eating some sort of residue off of a counter (couldn't see anything there but they were swarming one spot), this one was bigger and didn't seem interested in the food or whatever it was the smaller ants were going after.

8mm
Reddish front, dark abdomen.

I think this one may be a Solenopsis Invicta but I am very new to this and would much rather get a more informed opinion.

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#2 Offline NickAnter - Posted June 1 2022 - 9:44 PM

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Pheidole sp.

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).

#3 Offline Verseven - Posted June 1 2022 - 9:49 PM

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Thank you for both replies.

#4 Offline CheetoLord02 - Posted June 1 2022 - 11:08 PM

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Better lighting would help narrow down the exact species. This appears to be a fallax-group species, possibly P. morrisii.

I like leafcutter ants. Watch The Ultimate Guide to Fungus Growing Ants:

https://youtu.be/VBH...4GkxujxMETFPt8U

This video took like over 100 hours of work, you should for sure watch it.