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#1 Offline nick53588 - Posted July 27 2018 - 11:22 PM

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I have caught two of these, one on July 7th and the other on July 16th. I am located in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. I found them in a Ranch next to a creek on the paved path.  It has been raining multiple nights a week here and I take my walks around 6-8pm in the evening. The sun sets around 8:45 here.
 

She is about 8mm or the same length as a Tetramorium Immigrans queen.


She is either black or a very dark brown, the middle of her Thorax might have a slight reddish hue. Her gaster has expanded and now has those beige strips in between the segments. When I first caught her these were light grey. 


I see one very pointy petiole node under a 30x lens

 

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Founding:

4x Tetramorium

3x Lasius Neoniger

18x Pogonomyrmex Occidentalis


#2 Offline AntsBC - Posted July 28 2018 - 8:39 AM

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Pretty sure the queen you have there is Dorymyrmex insanus .


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#3 Offline nick53588 - Posted July 28 2018 - 10:17 AM

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That would make sense. There are small ants about the size of tetramorium or smaller that have longer kegs and are definitely what I would classify as a crazy ant with fast erratic movements.

Thanks For the help these two have been bugging me for a while

Founding:

4x Tetramorium

3x Lasius Neoniger

18x Pogonomyrmex Occidentalis





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