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Ontario, California - 4/7/22

Started By BrandonM , Apr 7 2022 7:53 PM

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#1 Offline BrandonM - Posted April 7 2022 - 7:53 PM

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1. Location (on a map) of collection: Ontario, California
 2. Date of collection:  4/7/2022
3. Habitat of collection:  Black light, back yard
4. Length (from head to gaster):  7mm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture:  Dark brown, light brown bands on gaster
6. Distinguishing characteristics:   n/a
7. Distinguishing behavior:  n/a
8. Nest description: b/a
9. Nuptial flight time and date: Caught near black light at 8:30pm

(Dorymyrmex insanus)

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#2 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted April 7 2022 - 8:04 PM

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Maybe a Liometopum sp?

My favorite queens/colony’s:
Pheidole Tysoni, Selonopis Molesta, Brachymyrmex Depilis, Tetramorium Immagrians, Prenolepis Imparis, Pheidole Bicirinata

#3 Offline T.C. - Posted April 7 2022 - 8:08 PM

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Can you get better pictures?

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#4 Offline NickAnter - Posted April 7 2022 - 9:10 PM

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This is indeed D. insanus.

Somethinghmm and BrandonM like this

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 AntBoi3030 - Posted April 8 2022 - 5:51 AM

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This is indeed D. insanus.

Yeah too small for Liometopum

My favorite queens/colony’s:
Pheidole Tysoni, Selonopis Molesta, Brachymyrmex Depilis, Tetramorium Immagrians, Prenolepis Imparis, Pheidole Bicirinata

#6 Offline BrandonM - Posted April 8 2022 - 1:41 PM

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Thank you everyone. It looked a lot like one I caught last year. Unfortunately, I don’t believe that one had mated (she never laid eggs and died about a month later). Hopefully, this queen will be fertile.

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#7 Offline dspdrew - Posted April 8 2022 - 4:34 PM

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Catching it on a black light, there is a good chance it's not fertile unfortunately. If it came from a nearby nest it's probably not mated. If it is mated, it will most likely remove its wings in the test tube.