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Solenopsis ID Please

Started By ZTYguy , Jun 3 2021 5:38 PM

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#1 Offline ZTYguy - Posted June 3 2021 - 5:38 PM

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Northridge California found dead in pool late this after noon. Plan on going black lighting to find more tonight. Suspected molesta.

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Currently: Considering moving to Australia
Reason: Myrmecia

#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted June 3 2021 - 5:43 PM

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Looks like molesta to me. Do they usually fly there around now? That seems weird because here they fly late in the season, around august.

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 ZTYguy - Posted June 3 2021 - 6:02 PM

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It also might be carolinensis

Currently: Considering moving to Australia
Reason: Myrmecia

#4 Offline NickAnter - Posted June 3 2021 - 6:44 PM

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This is the common southern california, "molesta". They are not really molesta, but, since taxonomy hasnt yet quite named them properly, they are still(unfortunately) called molesta. This was said here: https://www.formicul...sis-cf-molesta/

And carolinensis flies in the morning.

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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies.

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

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).

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