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#1 Offline AntObserver - Posted July 21 2023 - 10:54 AM

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Found two TINY ants but they look kinda like bullet ants or acorn ants. Feel like they are too small for queens but maybe. Found in my garden, just in the surface of a pot filled with dirt only. Two found by themselves and I didn’t know if maybe they were queens trying to found? Any ID Help appreciated!

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From AntID it looks like "Common Crypt Ant" (Hypoponera Opacior) perhaps?? 


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#2 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted July 21 2023 - 1:43 PM

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Definitely Hypoponera sp, they don't look like queens.
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#3 Offline AntObserver - Posted July 21 2023 - 2:37 PM

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Definitely Hypoponera sp, they don't look like queens.

 

Ok that is cool! I wonder where they came from then as my garden is just on my balcony on 3rd floor so curious the source. Appreciate ya all the same. 



#4 Offline CAantz - Posted July 21 2023 - 3:48 PM

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Yah definitely hypoponera, I have the yellow version in my yard.

#5 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted July 21 2023 - 5:04 PM

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Definitely Hypoponera sp, they don't look like queens.


Ok that is cool! I wonder where they came from then as my garden is just on my balcony on 3rd floor so curious the source. Appreciate ya all the same.

Yeah, they don't usually reveal themselves easily in my experience, they are usually well hidden.

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#6 Offline AntObserver - Posted July 21 2023 - 8:07 PM

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I have never seen the species before and these two were right at the surface of the soil in empty pot. Maybe a hidden nest somewhere in my plants. 






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