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#1 Offline irvosanjose - Posted July 9 2018 - 10:58 PM

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1. San Jose, CA
2. 07/09/2018 - 9pm
3. Suburban - in my garage - lights were on when I was working on something
4. 4.5mm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: dark brown or black, seems like the legs are lighter in color but could be lighting.
6. Distinguishing characteristics: 
7. Distinguishing behavior: grooming the ends of their gaster
8. Nest description: n/a

9. Nuptial flight time and date: n/a

 

There were a lot of them flying into the garage this evening. I'm guessing they were attracted to the light and a white garage door I was painting. I'm not even sure they are ants. They seem awfully small at 4.5mm in length. Any help is appreciated! Thanks.

 

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#2 Offline Batspiderfish - Posted July 10 2018 - 5:12 AM

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Nylanderia sp.

Actually, can we get a look at the tip of the gaster?
 


Edited by Batspiderfish, July 10 2018 - 5:39 AM.

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#3 Offline irvosanjose - Posted July 10 2018 - 7:13 PM

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Here are some pictures of the tip of the gaster. Thanks again!

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#4 Offline AntsBC - Posted July 10 2018 - 7:22 PM

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I'm gonna leave BSF to ID it but i just wanted to point out that when queens lick/pay lots of attention to their gaster its a good indicater that a male has recently visited there, essentially meaning that she has probably mated.


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