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#1 Offline Jonathan5608 - Posted June 3 2023 - 6:28 AM

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Forest with sandy soil
Color: 1st(black)2nd(yellow)3rd(yellow)
Size:1st(small 3mm about)2nd(tiny 1mm)3rd(3mm)
The first I think is Dorymyrmex the second looks like Solenopsis.
The last looks like a parasitic tetra because it was a yellow tetra among a bunch of black workers which I think are immagrims. They looked like tetras to me but maybe there not.F88B0719-FB49-4A43-BD23-3EA8265FB24C.jpeg 8A89EBB4-7D60-45E0-8D2C-17CC5E5A377F.jpeg

#2 Offline Jonathan5608 - Posted June 3 2023 - 8:02 AM

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The tiny yellow ant was so small that my camera didn’t focus at all so the photo is kind of useless

#3 Offline Aaron567 - Posted June 3 2023 - 7:09 PM

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Hard to tell what the myrmicine species is from the photo, probably Tetramorium immigrans or Pheidole pilifera. The other (which resembles Dorymyrmex) is Forelius pruinosus.


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#4 Offline James C. Trager - Posted June 14 2023 - 8:35 AM

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I'd like to see a more focused and more lateral view before ruling out Dorymyrmex grandulus.






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