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[thosaka]

This is a queen from Cleveland National Forest in CA. It has a yellow abdomen, dark black/red thorax and head.

 

 

Your ID expertise will be appreciated. 

 

Sorry, I tried to get a better but the focus on my phone is pretty bad and is not working well. I'll have to take it out of the tube and take a picture or something to get a better focus.

Edited by Tagassi, March 13 2017 - 4:36 PM.

[Cindy]

Can you post a side pic???

[soulsynapse]

Better lighting would go a long way too

[soulsynapse]

If you went out and found myrmecocystus on your first outing..

[gcsnelling]

Yup, he did.

[thosaka]

If you went out and found myrmecocystus on your first outing..

What?! Is that a theoretical joke or is it really a myrmecocystus...?

[MrPurpleB]

Well nice first time find, I hope I can go get some queens soon. 

[Martialis]

Word of advice:

 

Accurate IDs come from following this template:

 

http://www.formicult...t-a-new-thread/

 

This will help in the future.

Edited by Martialis, March 13 2017 - 4:41 PM.

[dspdrew]

Nice! Another one of those funny-colored Myrmecocystus queens. I'll bet it's M. mimicus. Can't believe how great this season has been already. It must be all the rain we've gotten. Up until now, all four years I've been into this ant stuff, we've been getting almost no rain.

[Zeiss]

Nice! Another one of those funny-colored Myrmecocystus queens. I'll bet it's M. mimicus. Can't believe how great this season has been already. It must be all the rain we've gotten. Up until now, all four years I've been into this ant stuff, we've been getting almost no rain.

Yes, I agree that it is Myrmecocystus mimicus, looking at his other posts, it seems to be a weird color morph, just like your purples ones a while ago.  

[dspdrew]

 

Nice! Another one of those funny-colored Myrmecocystus queens. I'll bet it's M. mimicus. Can't believe how great this season has been already. It must be all the rain we've gotten. Up until now, all four years I've been into this ant stuff, we've been getting almost no rain.

Yes, I agree that it is Myrmecocystus mimicus, looking at his other posts, it seems to be a weird color morph, just like your purples ones a while ago.  

 

 

The ones we were all calling purple-backs two years ago.

[Zeiss]

 

 

Nice! Another one of those funny-colored Myrmecocystus queens. I'll bet it's M. mimicus. Can't believe how great this season has been already. It must be all the rain we've gotten. Up until now, all four years I've been into this ant stuff, we've been getting almost no rain.

Yes, I agree that it is Myrmecocystus mimicus, looking at his other posts, it seems to be a weird color morph, just like your purples ones a while ago.  

 

 

The ones we were all calling purple-backs two years ago.

 

Yes, haha. I remember that fiasco.