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[Crazycow]

1. Location (on a map) of collection:  Wenatchee, Washington 
2. Date of collection: june 1st 2021
3. Habitat of collection: backyard in a suburb 
4. Length (from head to gaster): I can't find my measuring stick but I'm guessing 6-10mm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: they are black with kind of a ruff look to them
6. Distinguishing characteristics: longer gaster and a flat thorax 
7. Distinguishing behavior: N/A
8. Nest description: N/A

9. Nuptial flight time and date: june 1st 2021 6 Am

 

 

I'm 99% sure this is tetramorium but i just don't know what sp. so if any of you can ID it down to a sp. that would be much appreciated. 

[Crazycow]

side note: idk why the pics are upside down but they are so just ignore that

[KadinB]

looks like tetra immigrans

Edited by KadinB, June 1 2021 - 12:05 PM.

[KadinB]

They have been flying here in northern cali for about a week now i caught 100 queens

[Crazycow]

looks like tetra immigrans

yeah that's what i was thinking but i wasn't sure 

They have been flying here in northern cali for about a week now i caught 100 queens

wow! what are you gonna do with all of em?

[KadinB]

 

looks like tetra immigrans

yeah that's what i was thinking but i wasn't sure 

They have been flying here in northern cali for about a week now i caught 100 queens

wow! what are you gonna do with all of em?

 

rn i'm trying to sell them on my shop. None have sold and have been up for almost a week. I am worried about about them geting workers that's going to be so much work and i don't feel comfortable killing them all either.

[Crazycow]

 

 

looks like tetra immigrans

yeah that's what i was thinking but i wasn't sure 

They have been flying here in northern cali for about a week now i caught 100 queens

wow! what are you gonna do with all of em?

 

rn i'm trying to sell them on my shop. None have sold and have been up for almost a week. I am worried about about them geting workers that's going to be so much work and i don't feel comfortable killing them all either.

 

just release them if they get to be too much.

[KadinB]

There invasive though and it would prob make all other spe extinct in my area


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[ANTdrew]

Freeze the excess. You’d be doing an ecological service.

[KadinB]

Freeze the excess. You’d be doing an ecological service.

Ya but i don't feel comfortable doing it. I might just give away some if they don't sell at all.

[ANTdrew]

I don’t think you’d even find that many people to give them to.

[TennesseeAnts]

Tetramorium immigrans. Common invasive species all over the US.

[Crazycow]

ah i see, i recommend going with the freezing option then. even if you don't feel like it well your doing a great service to every native animal and insect in your local ecosystem.

[KadinB]

Yea first I’ll try to sell if none sell I will just try to give them away once they get workers and if they become to overwhelming to take care of. If none do I’ll maybe just freeze some. Imagine the damage they would do if I were to release 100+ tetra queens with workers
Which of course I wouldn’t do they have already over run my area. There are mounds everywhere in my neighborhood. I wanna say that’s maybe why all the spe near me suck so bad. But at least there are no argies here luckily. I have found them 30 minutes up north from where I’m at.


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[Crazycow]

They they are everywhere I am too and it sucks because it hard to find any other ant species unless I go up into the mountains and find stuff up there. Although, I must say the biodiversity in the mountains near me is quite impressive and it’s really fun to explore it!

[PurdueEntomology]

https://www.frontier...2019.00453/full

 

Here is a paper I discussed in my Spring 2021 Population Genetics class at University of Tennessee.  Enjoy!!