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myrmica incompleta?


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#1 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted July 4 2020 - 1:56 PM

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Found her with wings starting to make her nest under my usual locations for queen hunting. Aka backyard under rocks.
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Pls tell me she’s a myrmica incompleta.

Edited by KitsAntVa, July 4 2020 - 1:56 PM.

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#2 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted July 4 2020 - 1:56 PM

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Looks like Aphaenogaster to me. Too bulky to be Myrmica. Even if it was Myrmica, though, it would be nearly impossible to tell the species.


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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis


#3 Offline Aaron567 - Posted July 4 2020 - 2:11 PM

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AphaenogasterMyrmcia would have a much more slender build with a smaller gaster and thorax.


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#4 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted July 4 2020 - 3:21 PM

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Yeah, Myrmica queens almost look like workers in a way.

"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis





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