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7/5/2022 - Kansas City


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#1 Offline fdiwen - Posted July 5 2022 - 8:04 AM

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1. Location of collection (ie: park/area, city/town, state/province, country). - Kansas City metro

2. Date of collection (more important for ID's of queens). - 7/4/2022 early evening
3. Habitat of collection (ie: desert scrub, oak forest, riparian, etc.). - suburban near parks
4. Length (to the nearest millimeter or 1/16th of an inch.) - 9-10 mm
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture (ie: dark redish-orange head, velvet-like gaster, translucent, hairy/bald, shiny/dull, etc.). - entire body is a light orange.  Picture is darker than reality.
6. Distinguishing characteristics - orange
7. Anything else distinctive - 
8. Nest description - N/A

9. Nuptial flight time and date - N/A (found early evening a day or two after rain - likely early July 2-4, but not certain)
10 . Post the clearest pictures possible of the top, side, and face of the ant in question, and if possible, their nest and the habitat they were collected in.

 

Sorry about pic quality - test tube is scratched up on side profile and mobile for top view.

 

 

 

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#2 Offline United-Ants - Posted July 5 2022 - 8:46 AM

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Formica inceta

#3 Offline NickAnter - Posted July 5 2022 - 8:48 AM

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can't tell from these pictures the exact species, but we do know for sure this is in the pallidefulva group.


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). 





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