Best Answer NickAnter , June 4 2021 - 6:18 AM
No, this is Pheidole.
Would be easier to get it down to species if format was properly followed.
No Temnothorax in Cali have heads that wide compared to the rest of their bodies. that's the easiest way for me to distinguish them.
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Posted June 3 2021 - 8:47 PM
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1. Northridge California
2. 6/3/2021
3. Collected on pavement just before dark
4. 2/16 of an inch about
5.Bright red head with darker red gaster
6. Large head
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i live two hours north of the bay area and i have been seeing molesta or temnothroax here to. They have been near lights.
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Posted June 3 2021 - 8:54 PM
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Posted June 4 2021 - 3:44 AM
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It is probably Temnothorax. I'll need to memorize the species there...
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No, this is Pheidole.
Would be easier to get it down to species if format was properly followed.
No Temnothorax in Cali have heads that wide compared to the rest of their bodies. that's the easiest way for me to distinguish them.
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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Ah, I see.No, this is Pheidole.
Would be easier to get it down to species if format was properly followed.
No Temnothorax in Cali have heads that wide compared to the rest of their bodies. that's the easiest way for me to distinguish them.
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Posted June 4 2021 - 8:59 AM
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Posted June 13 2021 - 7:26 PM
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1. Northridge California2. 6/3/2021
3. Collected on pavement just before dark
4. 2/16 of an inch about
5.Bright red head with darker red gaster
6. Large head
Pheidole spp. they three extra eyes on top of its head is a dead giveaway
What i am keeping Brachymyrmex patagonicus 1 worker x5 tetramorium immigrans 10 workers x2 lasius crypticus 5 workers Pheidole californica 6 queens150~ workers 10-30 majors, Formica argentea 10~ W
What I've kept crematogaster sp pheidole californica camponotus vicinus high elev, dumetorum,laevigatus, prenolepis imparis, pogonomyrmex californicus and subnitidus and californicus, veromessor andrei, camponotus sayi, hypoponera opacior ,Liometopum occidentale solnopsis molesta group, solenopsis xyloni.
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Posted June 13 2021 - 7:32 PM
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1. Northridge California2. 6/3/2021
3. Collected on pavement just before dark
4. 2/16 of an inch about
5.Bright red head with darker red gaster
6. Large head
Pheidole spp. they three extra eyes on top of its head is a dead giveaway
that's true for all alates and queens that are not gamergates.....
1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers
1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)
Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.
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