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Temnothorax ID? (found in PA)

Started By Stormsky , Jul 10 2021 11:53 PM

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#1 Offline Stormsky - Posted July 10 2021 - 11:53 PM

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Found at French Creek, PA

Collected 7/10/21
Habitat: Oak forest
Length: Queen ~7mm Worker ~3-4mm
Shiny black with slight reddish tint. really long antenna
Two petiole nodes, maybe spines or bumps on thorax, too hard to tell since they're so small.
Queen is much larger than the workers
Found in an acorn that I cracked open.

Album: Temnothorax sp.

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I'm thinking maybe longispinosus based on color, but I'm not sure if it has the spikes on its back. Maybe schaumii?

Edited by Stormsky, July 11 2021 - 12:46 AM.

#2 Offline Zeiss - Posted July 11 2021 - 12:03 AM

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Please embed your images into your post and follow ID request formatting. It's posted at the top of the sub-forum for a reason. https://www.formicul...t-a-new-thread/

#3 Offline Stormsky - Posted July 11 2021 - 12:29 AM

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Please embed your images into your post and follow ID request formatting. It's posted at the top of the sub-forum for a reason. https://www.formicul...t-a-new-thread/

Sorry. I don't know how I even missed that. I think I fixed it now.

#4 Offline NickAnter - Posted July 11 2021 - 7:14 AM

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Aphaenogaster sp.

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).

#5 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted July 11 2021 - 10:27 AM

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Definitely not Temnothorax.

#6 Offline Stormsky - Posted July 11 2021 - 12:49 PM

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Aphaenogaster sp.

That explains why I couldn't match it. I didn't know so many species make nests inside of acorns. Do you know about how big a colony would get?

#7 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted July 11 2021 - 12:52 PM

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Depends on species but I don’t think they get as large of colonies as other genera.

#8 Offline Stormsky - Posted July 11 2021 - 2:35 PM

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Depends on species but I don’t think they get as large of colonies as other genera.

Now that I know it's Aphaenogaster, based on what's in my area on Antmaps, I'm pretty sure it's Aphaenogaster picea. Good to know they probably don't make large colonies.