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Queen Ant ID (Brachymrymex sp.) (Indio, California) (9-14-2013)

Started By dspdrew , Sep 24 2013 4:35 PM
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#1 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 24 2013 - 4:35 PM

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Location:  Indio, California.
Habitat:  High desert, wandering on the ground at a gas station.
Coloration, hue and pattern:  All dark brown.
Length:  5mm.

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#2 Offline wook - Posted September 24 2013 - 4:49 PM

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I am not sure how did you find her in south California, but according to antweb, they're "spreading rapidly across the southern and western United States."

That lady looks to me like Brachymyrmex patagonicus.


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#3 Offline Mercutia - Posted September 24 2013 - 5:52 PM

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Brachymyrmex gasters look so cool. 8D


#4 Offline wook - Posted September 24 2013 - 6:08 PM

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Brachymyrmex gasters look so cool. 8D

There's no much difference between Lasius and them. Her gaster is just over-swollen. Actually, size and lack of formic acid is what makes them so different.


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#5 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 24 2013 - 7:29 PM

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Brachymyrmex gasters look so cool. 8D

Yeah, this one's gaster was just really pumped up, the other two I have aren't like that.


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#6 Offline Mercutia - Posted September 25 2013 - 12:45 PM

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But Brachymrymex depilis queens have long gasters too.


#7 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 25 2013 - 12:46 PM

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But Brachymrymex depilis queens have long gasters too.

Oh yeah, I definitely noticed that about it.


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