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Palo Alto, CA, USA 5/27/20 Monomorium? Tapinoma?


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#1 Offline rcbuggy88 - Posted May 27 2020 - 12:56 PM

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1. Palo Alto, CA, USA 1. 

2. 5/26/20
3. Concrete Slabs
4. 4.5 mm
5. Black head and gaster, orange mesosoma, semi shiny, no visible hairs, not translucent
6. one petiole node, no visible spines, semi-heart shaped head, eyes too small to measure , mandibles too small to see clearly, too small to count antennal segments
7. Found with males and females likely a small nuptial flight. They didn't fly, were just on the ground hopping/flying 1 foot at a time. Flew away in attempts to pick up.
8. N/A

9. sundown after high 80s during the day.
10 . 

 

More: Guesses are Tapinoma or Monomorium. Smaller than the tetramorium I found that morning.

 

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Currently Keeping: Camponotus clarithorax, Camponotus hyatti, Tetramorium immigransNylanderia vividula, Liometopum occidentaleCamponotus modoc, Zootermopsis sp.

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Kept Before: Solenopsis molesta, Prenolepis imparis (still got one, but infertile)


#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 27 2020 - 1:01 PM

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Neither. That looks just like the Nylanderia queen I found last week. Folks say it was N. vividula.
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#3 Offline Aaron567 - Posted May 28 2020 - 11:16 AM

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Definitely a Nylanderia species. North American Nylanderia have microscopic differences, for the most part.


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