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[BADANT]

Riverside, CA, USA
6/30/2019
 
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1. Location of collection: UCR parking lot, in the rear of campus, Riverside, CA, USA.

2. Date of collection: 6/9/2019, at about 9:30pm.
3. Habitat of collection: Dirt in the parkway between a road and a parking lot
4. Length: 4mm
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture: Dark appearance to the naked eye. It looked orangish/red upon closer imaging.
6. Distinguishing characteristics: Lack of petiole, thorax/mesosoma appears to go right into the gaster.
7. Anything else distinctive: Nothing that I have the skills to notice at this time.
8. Nest description: I never found it’s nest. It was found among a swarm of queen pavement ants, and stood out because it still had it’s wings. .

9. Nuptial flight time and date: Nuptial flight is unknown.

 

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[Canadian anter]

Dorymyrmex insanus

[NickAnter]

What makes you think D. insanus?

[NickAnter]

It is either D. Insanus, or Nylanderia vividula.

[BADANT]

what can I try to capture in a photo, that will help differentiate between those two?

[nurbs]

You may be doing your best but all these photos from this ID thread and others are very poor. You need to light it properly, from the front.

 

Example: Shot this today with an iphone and a $15 macro clipon adapter. Solenopsis xyloni. Used an LED light to light it from the front or the side.

 

Also please embed the photos.