Best Answer Zegorzalek , September 12 2017 - 5:20 PM
Yep, pretty much all are dead... did their duty and now they are done. Strangely enough, did not see a single queen/founding chamber in the area where these were found.
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Posted September 11 2017 - 6:24 PM
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Not sure this is a Queen or not...
1.caught: ~ 40 miles NE of Barstow, CA
2. time: 11 sep (today)
3. Mojave Desert: grass/sand/rock, found on a building top, seeking moisture in cracks/under some boards
4. 9-10mm
5. dark red brown
6. Gaster seems to be much lighter on the midsection, some of them even almost a light yellow. Also gaster seems to be thick at the end.
7. seem a bit lethargic, may be heat
8. nests in area seem to be typical harvester types, lots of dark red ants
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Posted September 11 2017 - 7:01 PM
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I believe Pogonomyrmex rugosus. Size seems right too. These ladies are huge.
On another note, there seems to be something wrong with the tip of her abdomen.
Keeping: Camponotus sansabeanus - C. vicinus - Formica francoeuri - Liometopum occidentale - Pogonomyrmex californicus - P. rugosus - P. subnitidus - Solenopsis molesta - S. xyloni - Tapinoma sessile - Temnothorax sp.
Journals: Camponotus sansabeanus & C. vicinus | Pogonomyrmex californicus & P. rugosus | Solenopsis molesta & S. xyloni
Discontinued: Pogonomyrmex subnitidus
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Posted September 11 2017 - 7:42 PM
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Pogonomyrmex male.
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Posted September 11 2017 - 7:56 PM
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Wondered if they might be males... would explain the lethargy.
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Posted September 12 2017 - 11:45 AM
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Pogonomyrmex male.
Wondered if they might be males... would explain the lethargy.
Male would explain the strange abdomen tip. They do kind of look like claspers / exploded.
Keeping: Camponotus sansabeanus - C. vicinus - Formica francoeuri - Liometopum occidentale - Pogonomyrmex californicus - P. rugosus - P. subnitidus - Solenopsis molesta - S. xyloni - Tapinoma sessile - Temnothorax sp.
Journals: Camponotus sansabeanus & C. vicinus | Pogonomyrmex californicus & P. rugosus | Solenopsis molesta & S. xyloni
Discontinued: Pogonomyrmex subnitidus
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Posted September 12 2017 - 2:24 PM
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Yes a male P. rugosus.
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Posted September 12 2017 - 5:20 PM
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Yep, pretty much all are dead... did their duty and now they are done. Strangely enough, did not see a single queen/founding chamber in the area where these were found.
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