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Mesa, Arizona: 8/28/24-Small Queen

Started By Ants4ever7 , Aug 28 2024 6:41 PM

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#1 Offline Ants4ever7 - Posted August 28 2024 - 6:41 PM

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LocationMesa, Arizona

Hello. Caught new queen. Caught in front of home. Caught on July 31 ,2024. About 5.5 mm long. red-orange head and thorax, black abdomen. Flew at dawn after midnight-rain.

Collection Area:

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Pics of queen (sorry, bad pics):

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#2 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted August 28 2024 - 7:38 PM

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LocationRocklin,CA

Maybe acrobat ants?

Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti

1 M.ergatognya

Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots

#3 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 29 2024 - 6:37 AM

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LocationHenderson, NV

Looks kinda like some sort of solenopsis.

The ants go marching.

Currently keeping:

Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Nylanderia vividula

Forelius pruinosus

#4 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted August 29 2024 - 6:37 AM

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LocationSioux Falls, South Dakota

No, looks like Pheidole like the last one. If it's not Pheidole I would say Solenopsis, but Pheidole would best match the size.

Artisan_Ants, GOCAMPONOTUS and cooIboyJ like this

"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans Camponotus vicinus, modoc, novaeboracensis, herculeanus

Formica pallidefulva, argentea Solenopsis molesta

Formica cf. aserva Lasius brevicornis, neoniger

Pheidole bicarinata

Lasius claviger