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Castle Rock, CO, Myrmecocystus

Started By AntHUB , Feb 6 2020 1:46 PM
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#1 Offline AntHUB - Posted February 6 2020 - 1:46 PM

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Hello Formiculture,

I'm not quite sure about this one. But I know its a Myrmecocystus species. Found in Castle Rock CO, workers ~6mm and has majors around ~8-9mm

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Queen from same species

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(bad cell phone images I know! I'll get better images when they emerge this year.)


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#2 Offline PacificNorthWestern - Posted February 6 2020 - 3:42 PM

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looks like some species of Myrmecocystus


#3 Offline ponerinecat - Posted February 6 2020 - 4:00 PM

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Mendax or mimicus. Most likely.


#4 Offline gcsnelling - Posted February 6 2020 - 4:02 PM

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Definitely Myrmecocystus, but without a proper examination with a microscope and comparative material species is going to be nearly impossible to get.


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#5 Offline dspdrew - Posted February 6 2020 - 6:24 PM

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Nice major.


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#6 Offline Broncos - Posted February 9 2020 - 8:17 AM

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Myrmecocystus cf. mendax


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#7 Offline AntHUB - Posted February 16 2020 - 5:36 PM

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Definitely Myrmecocystus, but without a proper examination with a microscope and comparative material species is going to be nearly impossible to get.

Ill be collecting them this summer for my internship at the Denver museum entomology collection. I should be able to image a worker or two when I do my survey project.


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#8 Offline gcsnelling - Posted February 16 2020 - 6:05 PM

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Excellent


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