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[ZohMyGod]

So, Caught my first queen that laid eggs. I'll step right into the details:

 

Size: Around 6mm to 9mm i think, hard to measure trough the tube.

Date caught: Somewhere between 14-17.8.17

Country: Israel

Region: Negev, somewhere around:

(MAP)

It was a dirt-ish / sand-ish area (Somewhat of both) with bushes, trees and other greens.

 

Pictures: 

https://imgur.com/a/6sbWx

video:

 

I tried taking a few pics with both my professional cameras, but their macro lens arent good enough to get a clear closeup picture. Those were taken with my phone, and hopefully in the next few weeks, my macro len attachment that I ordered for a cheap price will be able to provide more details.

Hopefully i didn't miss any details and i posted in the right place. THANKS!

[VoidElecent]

It looks like this could be a queen of a Pheidole species; Pheidole pallidula, perhaps. We'll need more photos from different angles to be sure.

 

6-9 millimeters is a large range. You should do your best to narrow it down.

Edited by VoidElecent, September 10 2017 - 9:45 AM.

[Formicarius]

Yeah looks like a Pheidole spec. 

[ZohMyGod]

Yeah looks like a Pheidole spec. 

 

 

It looks like this could be a queen of a Pheidole species; Pheidole pallidula, perhaps. We'll need more photos from different angles to be sure.

 

6-9 millimeters is a large range. You should do your best to narrow it down.

as of now i have no way of taking a clear pic, since my phone camera doesnt zoom in enough.

i will try to get a better measurement, but I'm afraid to bother her too much.

 

Also, someone else identified it as Crematogaster sp, so now i guess its a matter of a better camera and waiting for the workers to develop to get a better distinction

[ZohMyGod]

I'm including a new set of photos for the sake of maybe getting a better understanding of what species it is.

 

https://imgur.com/a/1tmul

[Mettcollsuss]

Looks like Pheidole to me. Nice catch! I've been wanting them forever, but the queens are very elusive.

[Connectimyrmex]

Definitely Pheidole, because Crematogaster has a more rounded and dulled down head.

[ZohMyGod]

Looks like Pheidole to me. Nice catch! I've been wanting them forever, but the queens are very elusive.

Definitely Pheidole, because Crematogaster has a more rounded and dulled down head.

Definitely Pheidole, because Crematogaster has a more rounded and dulled down head.

I see, I'm adding one last picture of a worker, this time

[Spamdy]

Crematogaster sp.

[VoidElecent]

I stand corrected, it's Crematogaster. Try to post some photos of the workers from different angles if you're interested in identifying it down to the species level.

[ZohMyGod]

I stand corrected, it's Crematogaster. Try to post some photos of the workers from different angles if you're interested in identifying it down to the species level.

As soon as i get the gear to take a closer photo, and have more workers so i could cool one down for a photoshoot

[Connectimyrmex]

Yep, it's crematogaster. The head angle had me convinced that she was Pheidole!

[Mettcollsuss]

Pheidole and crematogaster. The two species that I want that I don't have yet. 

[Jonathan21700]

Crematogaster for sure. 

[TennesseeAnts]

Crematogaster!