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South-West Oklahoma Pogonomyrmex

Started By masonwade , Oct 3 2020 5:27 PM

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#1 Offline masonwade - Posted October 3 2020 - 5:27 PM

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Queen is Pogonomyrmex, just curious which species specifically it is. 

 

1. Location (on a map) of collection: Caught in Southwest Oklahoma: Duncan, Oklahoma
2. Date of collection: First week of August
3. Habitat of collection: Prairie grass fields
4. Length (from head to gaster): 7/16" Maximum 1/2"
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: Reddish Brown
 

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#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted October 3 2020 - 6:20 PM

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Looks like barbatus tho I'm not a Pogonomyrmex expert.
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 TennesseeAnts - Posted October 3 2020 - 6:43 PM

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In your area, this is probably Pogonomyrmex barbatus.


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#4 Offline Spazmops - Posted October 3 2020 - 6:57 PM

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All I know is it’s not P. occidentalis, sorry I couldn’t be more helpful.


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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

 

 

#5 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted October 4 2020 - 5:02 AM

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Also, next time could you post the length in millimeters instead of inches? Ant keepers tend to think with the metric system.  (y)


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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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