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Burley Idaho possible queen?

Started By Chall , Jul 23 2023 10:10 PM

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#1 Offline Chall - Posted July 23 2023 - 10:10 PM

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9:30 in the evening after a very hot and rainy storm. Found in burley Idaho on pavement in my uncles backyard. Most likely fit on my thumbnail 75-80 degrees at time of collection. Black abdomen with a swollenish hump

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#2 Offline Chall - Posted July 23 2023 - 10:13 PM

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Possible queen? ![ant queen](https://ibb.co/L172YFz

Edited by Chall, July 23 2023 - 10:18 PM.

#3 Offline Dendovy - Posted July 23 2023 - 11:50 PM

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Looks like some kind of parasitic Formica queen to me, but the head sort of looks off. Definitely a queen though. Congrats!

#4 Offline Manitobant - Posted July 24 2023 - 11:41 AM

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Looks more like pheidole or aphaenogaster to me, probably the former.
My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#5 Offline Virginian_ants - Posted July 24 2023 - 11:48 AM

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Looks like Pheidole

#6 Offline PurdueEntomology - Posted July 24 2023 - 1:52 PM

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with the two nodes on the petiole it would be most likely Myrmicinae, upshot, not Formica and possibly Pheidole


Any better pics, including lateral full shots


#7 Offline Chall - Posted July 24 2023 - 3:11 PM

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MORE PICTURES https://ibb.co/M7rsj4D
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#8 Offline Dendovy - Posted July 25 2023 - 1:01 AM

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Wow, I was way off, still lots to learn!
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