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[BrittonLS]

I'm fairly sure this is a queen, but Pogonomyrmex all look so similar. Also, I think this one isn't P.barbatus, like ALL of the nests I've seen so far. (Weird) She's a lighter color and for another she REALLY dislikes her test tube, she is seriously digging away at it. So she probably is not fully claustral like P.barbatus, but she could just be restless too.

 

Also, she appears to have half a tiny ant stuck to her antenna...

 

http://imgur.com/a/MbnqA

 

She was just wandering across the dirt near a tree among a bunch of the little ants that you see attached to her. I thought at first it was a velvet ant, but then I thought I should grab it and make sure lol

She's about 10 mm

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Edited by BrittonLS, July 9 2015 - 1:43 PM.

[dspdrew]

That's a queen.

[BrittonLS]

That's a queen.

 

How do you keep yours, Drew? Just an open container with a layer of dirt? Deep enough for them to dig into or just some for them to dig around in?

[dspdrew]

All those questions are answered here.

 

http://www.formicult...ated-5-31-2015/

[BrittonLS]

All those questions are answered here.

 

http://www.formicult...ated-5-31-2015/

Thanks! Thought I saw that referenced somewhere but couldn't remember how detailed it was.

[LC3]

I like the title of this thread

[BrittonLS]

I like the title of this thread

Right?

[Gregory2455]

Had this been from California I would call it a P.subnitidus queen but I do not know Texas Pogonomyrmex as well...

Maybe it is Pogonomyrmex occidentalis?

[Foogoo]

Had this been from California I would call it a P.subnitidus queen but I do not know Texas Pogonomyrmex as well...

Why? Are they more common than P. californicus? I always thought the latter was more common, but maybe that's just my area, or maybe I'm not seeing the spines.

[Gregory2455]

This one has spines.

[Foogoo]

This one has spines.

Ah thanks. I see it now after taking a closer look.