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Posted July 30 2020 - 2:49 PM
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Found the first ant yesterday, smallest today
Large ant:
found in forest
~8 mm
mostly black with a grayish gaster
looks like lasius sp.
Tiny ant:
dug up founding chamber, desert-like habitat
Elongated gaster
Mostly black, mandibles appear red
~4 mm
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Ants I have:
1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers
1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers
1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers
1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood
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Posted July 30 2020 - 2:50 PM
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Number 1 is formica fusca group.
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
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Posted July 30 2020 - 2:52 PM
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Number 1 is formica fusca group.
Thank you. I probably should have known that seeing as I have another F. Fusca queen
Co-owner and founder of Mountain Myrmeculture and The Menagerie Discord Server.
Ants I have:
1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers
1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers
1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers
1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood
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Posted July 30 2020 - 2:58 PM
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Second is a leptomyrmecine? Dorymyrmex or Forelius, I can never tell them apart.
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Posted July 30 2020 - 3:05 PM
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Second is a leptomyrmecine? Dorymyrmex or Forelius, I can never tell them apart.
Oh nice, I don’t have either of those genii. Thank you
Co-owner and founder of Mountain Myrmeculture and The Menagerie Discord Server.
Ants I have:
1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers
1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers
1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers
1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood
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Posted July 30 2020 - 3:47 PM
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Second is a leptomyrmecine? Dorymyrmex or Forelius, I can never tell them apart.
Oh nice, I don’t have either of those genii. Thank you
You mean genera, right? "genii" is the plural of genius. English is silly.
Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies.
However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:
Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant).
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Posted July 31 2020 - 5:47 AM
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Second is a leptomyrmecine? Dorymyrmex or Forelius, I can never tell them apart.
Oh nice, I don’t have either of those genii. Thank you
You mean genera, right? "genii" is the plural of genius. English is silly.
Yeah, I meant genera, sorry. I thought I knew the plural, I probably should have just googled it. 
Co-owner and founder of Mountain Myrmeculture and The Menagerie Discord Server.
Ants I have:
1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers
1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers
1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers
1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood
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