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[AntSprites]

I found it October 3rd on the Santan mountain trail in the valley of Arizona...
It looks very similar to pictures of leaf cutter Ants that I have seen on google yet I didn't see any of the workers of this species carrying leaves that I saw...

Here is a YouTube video

Edited by AntSprites, October 17 2018 - 8:59 PM.

[Dukagora]

So you found it southeast of Chandler? I googled the park and that's what I came up with. What I am learning is its much easier to ID anything with a measurement. If you can get a measure in millimeters of the ant, it will probably make it easier to narrow species down. Also a couple of pictures or another video as close up as you can get with a white background would help too visually I think. I am not even close to an expert so just some suggestions.

 

That queen, I assume its a queen, looks pretty smooth, without being able to see her in better detail. 

 

This link, as far as I can tell, is certainly leaf cutter (I assume the website providing the photos knows what they have photos of) and farther south of me where you are.

 

https://www.tightloo...p?species_id=12

 

I don't think photo comparison is the most reliable method for ID but it can at least help you rule out which species she doesn't belong to. Not possible she is similar in appearance to a harvester ant is it?

 

http://www.tightloop...php?genus_id=21

 

http://www.tightloop...p?species_id=18
 

Either way I look forward to finding out what species she is!

Edited by Dukagora, October 18 2018 - 6:48 AM.

[Ferox_Formicae]

I'm guessing Acromyrmex versicolor.

[neoponera]

I'm guessing trachymyrmex septentrialiosis