Length: 3.5 mm
Date of collection. July 2
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Time:. Between 9 and 11 pm
Temp. Estimated to be between 75 to 80F
Humidity. Unk. No rain that day, but there was threat of rain in afternoon. last rain was a day or two prior
Location. Northern New Jersey
Method of collection. UV/Black light, nuptial flight
Misc. I believe there is 1 or 2 backwards facing spikes on thorax. Small ant, difficult for me to photograph and to see with my eyesight and shaking hands. Flight seemed to occur after dark, or close there to.
Guess at ID:
I believe this is a myrmicine ant of some type.
1. :Temnothorax cf. curvispinosus (I could not find a queen size online)
2. Solenopsis cf molesta or similar thief ant. However, I have caught these before and the timing and shape were different, by my somewhat faulty memory
