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[Antking117]

Body:
1. Location of collection: Rest stop right outside of Omaha, Nebraska crawling all over the vending machines. Just farmland around.

2. Date of Collection: 07/25/18
3. Habitat of collection: Farmland/ Grassland/ Close to a forest.
4. Length: 3.8mm
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture: Dark orange, almost brown, black stripe around the gastor it looks like.
6. Distinguishing characteristics: Two Petiole nodes, 4.8mm, can't see anything else distinguishable.
7. Anything else distinctive: Can raise multiple queens together.
8. Nest description: never found one.

9. Nuptial flight time and date: 2-4am on 07/25/18
10 . Post the clearest pictures possible of the top, side, and face of the ant in question, and if possible, their nest and the habitat they were collected in.

Edited by antking117, August 31 2018 - 6:26 PM.

[Major]

Second pic makes it look like Temnothorax, just recheck your measurements.

[Antking117]

Second pic makes it look like Temnothorax, just recheck your measurements.

I measured many times, this thing is tiny.

 

EDIT: Then again they all very actually quite a bit in size.

 

EDIT EDIT: OH it was meant to be 3.8mm

Edited by antking117, August 31 2018 - 6:25 PM.