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Arvada, Colorado 8/21/2020

Started By Spazmops , Aug 21 2020 4:20 PM

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#1 Offline Spazmops - Posted August 21 2020 - 4:20 PM

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LocationDenver, Colorado

Riparian habitat on sidewalk

around 7 mm

Large, roundish gaster

Silvery bands on gaster

Looks almost orange under natural light

Caught 6ish pm

Formica fusca group?

I caught it in my bare hands yet again, I need to start carrying test tubes.

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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

#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted August 21 2020 - 4:44 PM

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Formica subsericea or some other fusca group sp.

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My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#3 Offline Devi - Posted August 21 2020 - 5:01 PM

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Formica subsericea or some other fusca group sp.

I second this.

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#4 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted August 22 2020 - 6:32 AM

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Please just don’t even say Formica subsericea. I don’t know why everyone says that. There are so many other species in that group that it’s best just to leave it at Formica fusca group unless you can get a proper ID.

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#5 Offline TechAnt - Posted August 22 2020 - 8:12 AM

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Please just don’t even say Formica subsericea. I don’t know why everyone says that. There are so many other species in that group that it’s best just to leave it at Formica fusca group unless you can get a proper ID.

Yeah, there are many species related to F. subsericea that it could also be, and without proper high quality photos and some good info on them you HAVE to leave it at F. fusca group. I personally don’t understand when somebody sees a black Formica sp. they just slap it with the F. subsericea label (verbally).

Anyways, Spazmops guess was right on Formica-fusca group, good catch!

Edited by TechAnt, August 22 2020 - 8:13 AM.

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My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

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