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#1 Offline yen_saw - Posted August 1 2015 - 8:45 PM

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1. Location of collection: Houston, TX

2. Date of collection: Morning of 08-01-2015

3. Habitat of collection: Residing inside twig

4. Length (from head to gaster):  ~5 - 10 mm

 

Thanks for the ID in advance! Could it be Pseudomyrmex caeciliae?

 

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winged male ~ 10 mm

 

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#2 Offline BrittonLS - Posted August 5 2015 - 4:42 PM

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Nice. How did you get a hold of these guys? No queen to go with them?



#3 Offline Jonathan21700 - Posted August 6 2015 - 12:42 PM

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These were ID'd by James Trager as Pseudomyrmex ejectus.



#4 Offline yen_saw - Posted August 7 2015 - 6:35 AM

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Nice. How did you get a hold of these guys? No queen to go with them?

These are from a public park nearby my house. I carefully break any dry and dead hollow twig apart and found them. I also found P gracilis and load of P pallidus that way here. There is a queen but also few winged queens in the colony.






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