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Tiny Queen ID Please (Brachymyrmex)

Started By AntsMAN , Sep 20 2015 7:13 AM
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#1 Offline AntsMAN - Posted September 20 2015 - 7:13 AM

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I was biking home yesterday from my Grandmothers house and found her on my shirt, so I stuck her in a test tube. She is only about the size of a neoniger worker.

 

I seen a few Lasius neoniger flying as well.

 

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Edited by AntsMAN, July 21 2016 - 2:30 PM.

Current queens/colonies

Camponotus novaeboracensis x2

Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2

Camponotus herculeanus x1

Formica sp. x1

Lasius americanus x1  (Lasius alienus)

Lasius neoniger x1

Crematogastor cerasi x1

Myrmica sp. x1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#2 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted September 20 2015 - 7:27 AM

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Brachymyrmex sp.


#3 Offline Mdrogun - Posted September 20 2015 - 7:27 AM

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Maybe Brachymyrmex? I have no experience with Brachymyrmex so i'm not sure.


Currently Keeping:
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis

Pheidole pilifera

Forelius sp. (Monogynous, bicolored) "Midwestern Forelius"
Crematogaster cerasi

Pheidole bicarinata

Aphaenogaster rudis

Camponotus chromaiodes

Formica sp. (microgena species)

Nylanderia cf. arenivega

#4 Offline Jonathan21700 - Posted September 20 2015 - 8:55 AM

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I second Brachymyrmex.


#5 Offline Alza - Posted September 20 2015 - 9:24 AM

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Yea, brachymyrmex, I've been looking at this species all summer....ugh 


#6 Offline Works4TheGood - Posted October 20 2015 - 6:39 PM

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That looks a lot like my like my Brachymyrmex depilis:

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~Dan
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