Workers are very fast.
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Queen ID Virginia 5-24-15
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Best Answer James C. Trager , May 26 2015 - 6:17 AM
Pretty sure these are Nylanderia. (Educated guess, you could say.)
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Posted May 24 2015 - 7:19 PM
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Found in a dirt nest. Queen around 4mm long Workers around 2mm long.
Workers are very fast.
Workers are very fast.
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Posted May 24 2015 - 7:38 PM
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They seem to like sugary foods.
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Posted May 24 2015 - 7:43 PM
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Any pics of workers?
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Posted May 24 2015 - 7:47 PM
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Yeah.
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Posted May 25 2015 - 7:28 AM
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I think they might be a nylanderia sp?
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Posted May 25 2015 - 12:24 PM
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I think these are a Brachymyrmex sp.
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Posted May 25 2015 - 12:25 PM
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Nylanderia or Brachymyrmex?
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Posted May 25 2015 - 12:35 PM
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There pupae aren't in cocoons.
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Posted May 25 2015 - 1:45 PM
If you see a cocoon, then you know they're probably Brachymyrmex, because Nylanderia can't spin cocoons. If you can count the antennal segments, Brachymyrmex only have nine, so if there's more than nine, then it's probably Nylanderia.
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Posted May 25 2015 - 2:53 PM
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They have naked pupae so there nylanderia .
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Posted May 25 2015 - 3:39 PM
Probably, but I didn't say that Brachymyrmex can't have naked pupae. I said that Nylanderia can't have cocooned pupae.
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Posted May 26 2015 - 6:17 AM
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Pretty sure these are Nylanderia. (Educated guess, you could say.)
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Posted May 26 2015 - 12:23 PM
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Pretty sure these are Nylanderia. (Educated guess, you could say.)
Agreed - just based off of experience with both genera.
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