I'll group these together by location.
1. Location of collection: 29 Palms
2. Date of collection: 07/20/15
3. Habitat of collection: Desert
4. Length (from head to gaster): See picture
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: Reddish head, dark brown stripes running down sides of thorax, yellow abdomen with brown stripes
6. Distinguishing characteristics:
7. Anything else distinctive:
8. Nest description: Claustral, all five queens
Pics of two different queens. Left one sideways so it's more close up.
Second queen with similar markings
And this ran right by as I dug up the second queen. Pretty small...any ideas?
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1. Location of collection: Hesperia
2. Date of collection: 7/20/15
3. Habitat of collection: Desert
4. Length (from head to gaster): See pic
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture:
6. Distinguishing characteristics:
7. Anything else distinctive:
8. Nest description: Claustral
At first, I thought this was a P. Rugosus since it was dark but...
Another two that are the same but dying. I think it was the previous container I put them in. Moved them here and they perked up a bit.
When I put this queen in with them, they all attacked her immediately.
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For bonus points, anyone know what kind of termite this is?
and are they the same species as this termite? Because it'd be awesome if I could just combine them.
