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June 9 2021 - Jacksonville FL orange Pheidole (?)

Started By RelientUKDr , Jun 9 2021 4:06 AM

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#1 Offline RelientUKDr - Posted June 9 2021 - 4:06 AM

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Hi all! I've been finding what I think are Pheidole queens. They are very orange. If Pheidole, any clue what species?

1. Location (on a map) of collection: Jacksonville FL
2. Date of collection: June 9
3. Habitat of collection: Near recently cleared wooded area
4. Length (from head to gaster): 4-5 mm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: honey to orange color
6. Distinguishing characteristics: petiole and post petiole, mesosomal spines, club antennae (3 segments)

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#2 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted June 9 2021 - 4:16 AM

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Yes it's Pheidole but I'm not sure of the species

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.