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[dspdrew]

1. Location of collection: Trabuco Canyon, California.
2. Date of collection:  6-28-2015.
3. Habitat of collection:  Chaparral, oak forest.
4. Length (from head to gaster):  3 mm.
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture:  Light brown with yellow appendages.
6. Distinguishing characteristics: Very small gaster.
7. Anything else distinctive:
8. Nest description:

 

 

 

[Jonathan21700]

Isn't this a male?

Edited by Jonathan21700, July 3 2015 - 3:55 AM.

[dspdrew]

Haha, I honestly was not sure. The head certainly doesn't look male, but the gaster sure does. Last time I thought I found "males" I couldn't identify(Dolopomyrmex), they turned out to be females. I think I'm actually going to change the title.

[dspdrew]

Okay duh... I figured it out. I think It might be a Nylanderia male.

[cpman]

That was my first guess as well...
I tend to get confused at the size of their heads.

[dspdrew]

Wow this gets stranger all the time. The same night I just found a parasitic Lasius queen in these hills (that don't get snow by the way), and now James C. Trager thinks this is a Lasius male.

[Jonathan21700]

I think it's a Lasius male too.

[LC3]

Kinda looks like a parasitic wasp.

[dspdrew]

Dr. Trager also thinks it is probably the same species as the parasitic queen, so if that's the case, it's not a wasp, but it would be a parasitic species.