1. Location of collection: Philadelphia, PA.
2. Date of collection: May 17, 2017
3. Habitat of collection: Urban environment; several queens collected from side of building & pavement below.
4. Length (from head to gaster): approx 4.5 mm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: Dark brown with small hints of yellowish hues on underside, resembles smaller Prenolepis imparis queen.
6. Distinguishing characteristics: Post-petiole absent
7. Distinguishing behavior: NA
8. Nest description: Seemed to come from holes in asphalt outside of where the flight occurred.
Notes: This is definitley a Nylanderia queen; it was caught in a flight where Nylanderia males and workers were overly present. I have a feeling it's either N. flavipes or N. terricola but I'd like to determine the species. A total of nine queens were caught during this flight; this one didn't make it so we decided to do a little photoshoot with her. I've kept the specimen, so let me know if it'd be helpful to get shots from different angles or different parts of her body.
Detailed images of the potential Colobopsis mississippiensis worker coming later.
