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ID Request: Ulster County, New York, USA - 07Aug2020

Started By Skwiggledork , Aug 7 2020 5:36 PM

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#1 Offline Skwiggledork - Posted August 7 2020 - 5:36 PM

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1. Location of collection: Ulster County NY

2. Date of collection: 07Aug2020
3. Habitat of collection: Mostly oak forest
4. Length: 5-5.5mm
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture: Reddish brown, lots of wrinkles
6. Distinguishing characteristics: 2 petiole nodes, 12 antennae segments and I think a pectinate tibial spur.
7. Anything else distinctive: Feeding on another insect when I found it, so I assume it is semi-claustral
8. Nest description: No nest found, but it was on top of a rotting log.

9. Nuptial flight time and date: Found the queen 07Aug2020 at 1630

#2 Offline zantezaint - Posted August 7 2020 - 5:49 PM

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Aphaenogaster rudis? Does it have a yellowish stripe on it's gaster?

https://www.formicul...ale-california/

4 x Solenopsis xyloni (Fire ant) colonies.

2 x Veromessor andrei (Seed-harvester ant) colonies.

19 x Pogonomyrmex subnitidus (Seed-harvester ant) colonies + 3 x Pogonomyrmex (ID uncertain) colonies

16 x Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) colonies.

1 x Unknown Formicidae colony.

1 x Tapinoma sessile (Odorous house ant) colony.

1 x Camponotus fragilis (Carpenter/wood ant) colony + 1 x Camponotus sansabeanus (Carpenter/wood ant) colony.

1 x Solenopsis molesta (Thief ant) colony.

#3 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 7 2020 - 6:10 PM

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Myrmica species. Lovely picture.

Skwiggledork and CheetoLord02 like this

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).

#4 Offline Skwiggledork - Posted August 7 2020 - 6:20 PM

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LocationUlster county, NY

Aphaenogaster rudis? Does it have a yellowish stripe on it's gaster?

I'm not seeing any stripes.

Edited by Skwiggledork, August 7 2020 - 6:20 PM.

#5 Offline zantezaint - Posted August 7 2020 - 6:46 PM

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Aphaenogaster rudis? Does it have a yellowish stripe on it's gaster?

I'm not seeing any stripes.

Nevermind me. I think NickAnter is a better expert than I am. Myrmica is probably it.

https://www.formicul...ale-california/

4 x Solenopsis xyloni (Fire ant) colonies.

2 x Veromessor andrei (Seed-harvester ant) colonies.

19 x Pogonomyrmex subnitidus (Seed-harvester ant) colonies + 3 x Pogonomyrmex (ID uncertain) colonies

16 x Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) colonies.

1 x Unknown Formicidae colony.

1 x Tapinoma sessile (Odorous house ant) colony.

1 x Camponotus fragilis (Carpenter/wood ant) colony + 1 x Camponotus sansabeanus (Carpenter/wood ant) colony.

1 x Solenopsis molesta (Thief ant) colony.

#6 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted August 9 2020 - 1:30 PM

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Aphaenogaster rudis? Does it have a yellowish stripe on it's gaster?
I'm not seeing any stripes.
Nevermind me. I think NickAnter is a better expert than I am. Myrmica is probably it.

Aphaenogaster are fully claustral and much bulkier while this Myrmica is semi-claustral and much slimmer.