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Need Help Identifying This Queen Ant

Started By That_one_ant_guy , Jan 15 2021 7:45 AM

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#21 Offline That_one_ant_guy - Posted January 15 2021 - 4:26 PM

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Hmmmm i just searched up Dorymyrmex and they do look alot alike

#22 Offline That_one_ant_guy - Posted January 15 2021 - 4:29 PM

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Hmmmm i just searched up Dorymyrmex and they do look alot alike

#23 Offline Manitobant - Posted January 15 2021 - 4:45 PM

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It’s definitely dorymyrmex. Could you get a better shot that shows the color of the queen?

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#24 Offline CheetoLord02 - Posted January 15 2021 - 5:10 PM

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It's almost certainly D. insanus-complex. Bicolor are significantly larger than that.

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#25 Offline That_one_ant_guy - Posted January 15 2021 - 5:13 PM

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Does this pic show the color better?

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#26 Offline Manitobant - Posted January 15 2021 - 5:42 PM

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Dorymyrmex insanus. I was wrong about it being bicolor, that’s 100% insanus.

#27 Offline That_one_ant_guy - Posted January 15 2021 - 5:48 PM

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Okay thank you
Okay thank you

#28 Offline NickAnter - Posted January 15 2021 - 8:02 PM

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Yes, they get a lot lighter than that too. I have see insanus queens with tan colored thoraxes(yes, I'm sure, they were emerging from an insanus nest for a flight).

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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).

#29 Offline dspdrew - Posted January 15 2021 - 8:24 PM

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Yeah, I've seen these things fly almost year-round sometimes.

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#30 Offline ponerinecat - Posted January 15 2021 - 9:34 PM

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Dorymyrmex insanus. I was wrong about it being bicolor, that’s 100% insanus.

Don't even try to get southwestern Dorymyrmex down to species. Insanus complex it is, but there's a lot of undescribed species that look very similar.