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SE WI 5/8/25

Started By TheGamblingAnt , Yesterday, 5:48 PM

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#1 Offline TheGamblingAnt - Posted Yesterday, 5:48 PM

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1. Location (on a map) of collection: Southeast Wisconsin

2. Date of collection: 5/8/25

3. Habitat of collection: slightly wooded area, mostly grassland/marsh. Found her under a small rock all by herself. Didn't have any ants anywhere nearby

4. Length (from head to gaster): 6.5mm

5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: back head, reddish orange thorax, black gaster. Small hairs on gaster. Brownish legs

6. Distinguishing characteristics: very skinny between thorax and gaster.

7. Distinguishing behavior: she seems very calm, hardly even tried to run away when I lifted the rock she was underneath.

Looked online for several species and really wasn't sure. The closest I could find was maybe a Aphaenogaster rudis. But really not sure how common at this time of year you can find those. Thank you for looking!