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Pheidole but which kind?

Started By KitsAntVa , Jul 6 2020 4:51 PM

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#1 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted July 6 2020 - 4:51 PM

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Found at Yorktown beach under a piece of drift wood covered in sand. She was so dusty! 😂

Edited by KitsAntVa, July 6 2020 - 4:52 PM.

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#2 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted July 6 2020 - 4:53 PM

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Definitely not dentata but same size. Also she is kinda brown

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#3 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 6 2020 - 4:53 PM

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edit: Now that you added that last pic, I'm not sure. Pilifera maybe?

Edited by Antkid12, July 6 2020 - 4:57 PM.

Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, ~~Brachymyrmex sp.~~ possibly infertile , Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: ~~Pheidole morrisii~~

#4 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted July 6 2020 - 4:55 PM

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She’s actually only 5-6 mm tho.

And I held her in my hand 😑

Edited by KitsAntVa, July 6 2020 - 4:55 PM.

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#5 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted July 6 2020 - 5:00 PM

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NANI! Pilifera those are so rare!

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#6 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 6 2020 - 5:05 PM

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Could also be bicarinata.

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: ~~Pheidole morrisii~~

#7 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted July 6 2020 - 5:07 PM

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I don’t know but she’s brown so she’s weird 😂

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#8 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted July 6 2020 - 5:17 PM

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Ima sell her if anyone wants her. I’m not a big fan of Pheidole, even if it’s Pilifera

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#9 Offline Aaron567 - Posted July 6 2020 - 6:44 PM

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If she's the same size as dentata then she is either dentata or morrisii. Everything else is too small. She looks like dentata to me but could be a dark colored morrisii. P. morrisii queens are larger than dentata where I am, but they might be closer to the same size in other populations.