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Can anyone ID my queen?

Started By Zhuge , Yesterday, 4:02 PM

Best Answer Mettcollsuss , Today, 5:38 AM

This is Temnothorax.

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#1 Offline Zhuge - Posted Yesterday, 4:02 PM

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I have 2 queens. 1 is Camponotus modoc and i can't figure out what species the other one is. Can anyone help please?

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#2 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted Yesterday, 4:09 PM

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Likely Tetramorium immigrans. Compare the image to other images of that species online.


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#3 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted Yesterday, 4:14 PM

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Pheidole sp.


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"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

 

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Tetramorium immigrans

Formica pallidefulva, argentea

Formica cf. aserva

Pheidole bicarinata

Lasius claviger

Camponotus vicinus, modoc

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#4 Offline Zhuge - Posted Yesterday, 6:48 PM

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Likely Tetramorium immigrans. Compare the image to other images of that species online.

I looked at my own tetramorium queen and I'm 99% sure its not T immigrans because its wayy too much of a size difference. Its like 2 mm bigger than most of my tetramorium workers.


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#5 Offline Zhuge - Posted Yesterday, 6:49 PM

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Pheidole sp.

I really hope its Pheidole but i highly doubt it because i found this queen in western washington and there are no pheidole recorded here. Unless you count seattle pest control. They say that Pheidole megacephala lives here.


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#6 Offline AntsGodzilla - Posted Yesterday, 6:49 PM

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Size?


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And many Carnivorous plants such as: Dionea (fly trap), Sarracenia (American Pitcher plant), Nepenthese (Tropical Pitcher plant), Drosera, (sundew) and Pinguicula (Butterwort) (show off your plants here)

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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores it's provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. Proverbs 6: 6-8

 

#7 Offline Zhuge - Posted Yesterday, 6:52 PM

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Size?

I put a dime there for scale. Its like 5 mm.


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#8 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted Yesterday, 7:27 PM

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Size?

I put a dime there for scale. Its like 5 mm.

 

Definitely not Tetramorium. I was unaware that Pheidole aren't present in western Washington, but that is a Pheidole queen and thus it must be megacephala.


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"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

Formica pallidefulva, argentea

Formica cf. aserva

Pheidole bicarinata

Lasius claviger

Camponotus vicinus, modoc

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#9 Offline Zhuge - Posted Yesterday, 7:33 PM

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Size?

I put a dime there for scale. Its like 5 mm.

 

Definitely not Tetramorium. I was unaware that Pheidole aren't present in western Washington, but that is a Pheidole queen and thus it must be megacephala.

 

I found it outside so idk if megacephala. Pheidole megacephala can't survive the outdoor tempratures i think. It was pretty warm that day. It was in a forest in a small clearing with no grass. There were some lasius neoniger and tetramorium immigrans nearby if that helps.


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#10 Offline Flu1d - Posted Yesterday, 8:06 PM

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Are you certain P. megacephala exist in Washington State? I am not seeing anything except one Google article mentioning that specifically Seattle had a report of them being somewhere in the city. I saw nothing past that. I see no reports for them in Washington using iNaturalist, nor did I see anything on Antmaps.

I do, however, see that P. californica exist in Washington State.. oddly enough they're your only Pheidole species in the state that I can see.
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#11 Offline Zhuge - Posted Yesterday, 8:23 PM

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Pheidole californica and pheidole creightoni are te only species that are verifed in my state. They both live in eastern washington only though. P megacephala was mentioned on the seattle pest control website. I do not know if they actually exist in western washington.


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#12 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted Today, 3:29 AM

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Likely Tetramorium immigrans. Compare the image to other images of that species online.

10 years of antkeeping and not a single right ID on someone else's queens...


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#13 Offline Mettcollsuss - Posted Today, 5:38 AM   Best Answer

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This is Temnothorax.


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#14 Offline ANTdrew - Posted Today, 7:57 AM

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This is Temnothorax.

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#15 Offline Zhuge - Posted Today, 8:24 AM

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This is Temnothorax.

YAY A COOL SPECIES

what sp do you think it is?


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