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[Warinus]

1. Location (on a map) of collection: Pottsville, AR
2. Date of collection: 7/27/21
3. Habitat of collection: In my living room. Yeah. No joke. She landed on me. First of two that have done that this year.
4. Length (from head to gaster): 7mm?
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: Black with yellow bands on the abdomen
6. Distinguishing characteristics: Still has her wings. Seems odd.
7. Distinguishing behavior: Doesn't seem to care about light/darkness
8. Nest description: Still in the tube

9. Nuptial flight time and date: Early evening 7/27/21

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Edited by Warinus, September 2 2021 - 6:21 PM.

[SYUTEO]

Colobopsis sp.

[Antkeeper01]

Colobopsis cf impressa

[NickAnter]

I agree on impressa.

[ANTdrew]

I find Colobopsis in my living room, too.

[Aaron567]

Looks more like C. obliqua to me, with that long head.

[Warinus]

From what I'm reading, C. obliqua would be outside their native range here, or close to the edge, and the date of collection is later than expected for their flights. I'm a newb, so I don't have a clue. All I know is they're neat looking, really like apples and honey water, and apparently don't mind landing on people. I had another queen of the same species land in my radio room (I'm also an amateur radio operator) when I had the back door open one evening. I got tired of opening and closing it to go outside and realign an antenna I was using to bounce radio signals off the moon, but that's another nerd story. Anyway, she landed on my work bench, and I only had two test tubes, so I put her back outside because I already had one that had a good clutch of eggs going. Note to self: Buy some dang test tubes.

Edited by Warinus, September 3 2021 - 11:16 AM.

[James C. Trager]

Colobopsis obliqua is within range in AR, found east, west and possibly even north in SE MO.

[nurbs]

Colobopsis obliqua is within range in AR, found east, west and possibly even north in SE MO.

 

Welcome back Dr. Trager. Great seeing you on here. It's been ages! Even though I see you on Facebook all the time haha.

[TennesseeAnts]

Definitely C. obliqua.