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ID on worker(?)

Started By azzaaazzzz00 , May 15 2022 1:47 PM

Best Answer OiledOlives , May 15 2022 - 1:57 PM

Hypoponera opacior or Ponera pennsylvanica, need better pictures of underside of petiole to discern

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#1 Offline azzaaazzzz00 - Posted May 15 2022 - 1:47 PM

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Location: Bogota NJ

Time found: around 4:30

Length: 5mm

color: Black

Also is this a worker or queen? Couldn't get a good side view picture.

Edited by azzaaazzzz00, May 15 2022 - 1:48 PM.

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#2 Offline OiledOlives - Posted May 15 2022 - 1:57 PM Best Answer

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Hypoponera opacior or Ponera pennsylvanica, need better pictures of underside of petiole to discern

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#3 Offline azzaaazzzz00 - Posted May 15 2022 - 2:05 PM

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Also another ID I forgot to put up here

Location: Bogota NJ

Time found: around 4:30

Length: 4mm

color: Dark brown

Hypoponera opacior or Ponera pennsylvanica, need better pictures of underside of petiole to discern

Can you tell if it's a queen or not?

Edited by azzaaazzzz00, May 15 2022 - 2:19 PM.

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#4 Offline OiledOlives - Posted May 15 2022 - 2:09 PM

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Nylanderia flavipes and that's more like 4mm

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#5 Offline azzaaazzzz00 - Posted May 15 2022 - 2:17 PM

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oh sorry lol , is the first one a queen btw

Edited by azzaaazzzz00, May 15 2022 - 2:22 PM.

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#6 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted May 15 2022 - 5:10 PM

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oh sorry lol , is the first one a queen btw

Need a closer pic of abdomen

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#7 Offline OiledOlives - Posted May 15 2022 - 6:05 PM

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Thorax will be much much easier to tell.

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#8 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 15 2022 - 7:45 PM

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Looks like a queen to me.

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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).