Collected near Victorville, California.
2. Found July 22, 2019
3. Desert/Urban Habitat
4. About 7 mm long
5. Dark reddish with an orange gaster.
6. Bright orange gaster.
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Queen ID California July 22, 2019
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AntPhycho
, Jul 22 2019 1:51 PM
Best Answer gcsnelling , July 22 2019 - 3:37 PM
Fairly certain this is Pheidole cerebrosior which has been collected in nearby Hesperia and Apple Valley, although there are a couple of other options.
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Posted July 22 2019 - 1:51 PM
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Posted July 22 2019 - 2:19 PM
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I believe it's some sort of Pheidole sp. Was the entire exoskeleton smooth?
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Posted July 22 2019 - 3:15 PM
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I believe it's some sort of Pheidole sp. Was the entire exoskeleton smooth?
Yes. I believe it looks pretty smooth. I don't know if this helps, but when I caught the queen it was extremely humid.
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Posted July 22 2019 - 3:37 PM
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Fairly certain this is Pheidole cerebrosior which has been collected in nearby Hesperia and Apple Valley, although there are a couple of other options.
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Posted July 22 2019 - 3:41 PM
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Fairly certain this is Pheidole cerebrosior which has been collected in nearby Hesperia and Apple Valley, although there are a couple of other options.
Do you have any idea if these are polygynous? Couldn't find very much information on Pheidole cerebrosior.
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Posted July 22 2019 - 3:42 PM
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Fairly certain this is Pheidole cerebrosior which has been collected in nearby Hesperia and Apple Valley, although there are a couple of other options.
I am almost positive it is Pheidole cerebrosior, so I'm glad you said this. This is the only species that had the relative color and size on antweb.org.
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Posted September 4 2019 - 6:52 PM
Fairly certain this is Pheidole cerebrosior which has been collected in nearby Hesperia and Apple Valley, although there are a couple of other options.
If that's true, then I have probably been IDing what I thought was Pheidole gilvescens wrong.
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Posted September 4 2019 - 7:59 PM
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ooh nice queen
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Posted September 4 2019 - 8:43 PM
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ooh nice queen
She's for sale along with her golden workers on my shop for fairly cheap 
http://www.formicult...ed/#entry125739
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Posted September 5 2019 - 2:11 PM
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wish I could buy
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