I was told it was definitely Myrmecocystus but I wanted to see if you guys could tell the subspecies. Many thanks in advance!
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Posted March 11 2017 - 5:47 PM
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I found this queen in its founding chamber on the Chaney trail in Alta Dena on March 10. It's approximately 11mm long and it had rained like 5 days prior. These were the best pictures I could take w my iPhone. I apologize in advance.
I was told it was definitely Myrmecocystus but I wanted to see if you guys could tell the subspecies. Many thanks in advance!
I was told it was definitely Myrmecocystus but I wanted to see if you guys could tell the subspecies. Many thanks in advance!
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Posted March 11 2017 - 6:46 PM
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Subscribed! Hope you get your answer 
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Posted March 11 2017 - 7:07 PM
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Myrmecocystus, probably M. testaceus. The other possibility is M. wheeleri. Actually the more I look at it the more I am leaning towards M. wheeleri. The appropriate term is species not subspecies.
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Posted March 11 2017 - 7:43 PM
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OK, many thanks on both accounts!
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Myrmecocystus, probably M. testaceus. The other possibility is M. wheeleri. Actually the more I look at it the more I am leaning towards M. wheeleri. The appropriate term is species not subspecies.
What about M. mimicus? I found a bunch of M. mimicus with these exact strange colors (compared to the workers they produced). The queen and workers both keyed out to M. mimicus.
Workers came out black with dark red heads.
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Posted March 12 2017 - 7:50 AM
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I don't know if these pictures are any better:
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Posted March 12 2017 - 9:17 AM
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I'm going with M mimicus
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Posted March 12 2017 - 3:13 PM
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I'm going with M mimicus
Just a W.A.G.?
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W.a.g. ???
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W.A.G.= Wild [censored] guess.
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Posted March 12 2017 - 4:21 PM
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Lol ok. Thanks
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Posted March 12 2017 - 4:30 PM
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Well anything is possible with this silly genus. I guess we won't know until we see some workers.
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I go with WAG all the time!
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its what I do for a livingW.A.G.= Wild [censored] guess.
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Myrmecocystus, probably M. testaceus. The other possibility is M. wheeleri. Actually the more I look at it the more I am leaning towards M. wheeleri. The appropriate term is species not subspecies.
What about M. mimicus? I found a bunch of M. mimicus with these exact strange colors (compared to the workers they produced). The queen and workers both keyed out to M. mimicus.
Workers came out black with dark red heads.
Where were yours collected Drew?
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Where were yours collected Drew?
Some were found in Phelan, and some in Twenty-nine Palms.
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Posted March 13 2017 - 8:54 AM
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Where were yours collected Drew?
Some were found in Phelan, and some in Twenty-nine Palms.
Oh man you drove all the way out to the hell hole that is two nine?
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Posted March 13 2017 - 9:27 AM
Where were yours collected Drew?
Some were found in Phelan, and some in Twenty-nine Palms.
Oh man you drove all the way out to the hell hole that is two nine?
Yeah. That place is great for collecting desert ants.
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