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Posted August 27 2017 - 7:43 PM
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3 of 3
1. Pittsburgh area, PA
2. 8/12/17
3. Acorn in lawn
4. queen: ~4 mm, worker: ~3.5 mm (full gasters)
5. Black, smooth
6. Queen is not much larger than the workers. Gasters are currently full of honey. They remind me of very small aphaenogaster ants, almost.
7. Not sure. Colony was collected with ~10 workers.
8. Inside of an acorn
9. Pictures in links
http://cdn.discordap...85931/image.jpg
http://cdn.discordap...90860/image.jpg
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Posted August 28 2017 - 4:49 AM
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Posted August 28 2017 - 1:16 PM
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Are they all black?
These could be Stenamma or Temnothorax.
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Posted August 29 2017 - 2:46 PM
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They're all black. The queen looks a LOT like the workers and does not have the enlarged gaster before feeding that I see in other ant species. I almost can't find her sometimes.
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Posted August 29 2017 - 2:59 PM
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Crematagastor?
Aphaenogaster cf. rudis
Tetramorium immigrans
Tapinoma sessile
Formica subsericea
Pheidole sp.
Camponotus nearcticus
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Posted August 29 2017 - 6:12 PM
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Crematagastor?
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Posted August 29 2017 - 6:14 PM
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I'd initally say Stenamma, but the the guess of Temnothorax has me second-guessing myself. I've caught several similar ants, all of which have died.
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Posted August 29 2017 - 6:20 PM
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Stenamma schmittii.
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