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Queen Ant ID (Temnothorax sp.) (Trabuco Canyon, California) (7-25-2014)

Started By dspdrew , Jul 25 2014 8:40 PM
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#1 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 25 2014 - 8:40 PM

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1. Location of collection: Trabuco Canyon, California.
2. Date of collection: 7-24-2014.
3. Habitat of collection: Chaparral/Oak Forest.
4. Length (from head to gaster): 4 mm.
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: All brown.
6. Distinguishing characteristics:  Small spines.
7. Anything else distinctive:
8. Nest description:

 

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#2 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 25 2014 - 8:41 PM

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Temnothorax possibly?


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#3 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted July 25 2014 - 9:20 PM

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At first glance, Monomorium came to mind, because I havent seen a temnothorax before, but maybe something like Temnothorax curvispinosus? I hear some of these ones live in acorns. That would be an interesting colony. Just a hollow acorn in a foraging container. I actually really have wanted one of these. 


#4 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 27 2014 - 1:59 PM

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James C. Trager confirmed it is Temnothorax. Yeah, I always wanted to cut an acorn in half and glue it to the glass for their little formicarium.


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#5 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted July 27 2014 - 2:03 PM

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I want one of these! That sounds so cool...


#6 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 28 2014 - 3:49 PM

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It's so weird because I have only found one Temnothorax worker in these mountains before.


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#7 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 13 2014 - 4:32 PM

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I added some microscope pictures, and one including a worker.


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