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St. Augustine, FL 9/2/2021


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#1 Offline Appo - Posted September 2 2021 - 11:54 AM

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1. Location: Matanzas State Forest, on the rock road next to the lot.

2. Date of collection: 9/2/2021 around 3pm
3. Habitat of collection: About 75 percent of the forest is upland and made up of pine plantations. The remaining 25 percent of the forest is wetlands, including bay and cypress swamps. Slash and longleaf pines dominate the upland forest.
4. Length: About 10mm
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture: Dark brown gaster, light brown thorax.
6. Distinguishing characteristics: Waist angles up, has 1 petiole it looks like but not sure
7. Anything else distinctive: It rains here in the summer almost everyday, captured about 15-20 minutes before it rained hard.
 

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#2 Offline NickAnter - Posted September 2 2021 - 1:56 PM

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Solenopsis invicta, I think.


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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). 


#3 Offline Aaron567 - Posted September 2 2021 - 5:42 PM

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Yeah, Solenopsis invicta.


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