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Sevierville TN, 6.10.22

Started By Jonny8040 , Jun 10 2022 1:13 PM

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#1 Offline Jonny8040 - Posted June 10 2022 - 1:13 PM

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1. Location (on a map) of collection: NE Tennessee
2. Date of collection: 6.10.22
3. Habitat of collection: Suburban area next to a river
4. Length (from head to gaster): Unsure. A little bigger than a Tetramorium queen
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: black on head and thorax with slight red hue all over.
6. Distinguishing characteristics: very large gaster
7. Distinguishing behavior: fairly slow moving
8. Nest description: -
9. Nuptial flight time and date: I found 2 and one with wings so apparently around 5:00pm

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#2 Offline ZTYguy - Posted June 10 2022 - 1:37 PM

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Looks like S. invicta to me


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#3 Offline Jonny8040 - Posted June 10 2022 - 1:37 PM

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Looks like S. invicta to me


In NE TN?


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#4 Offline ZTYguy - Posted June 10 2022 - 1:39 PM

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Looks like S. invicta to me


In NE TN?


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Yes


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#5 Offline NickAnter - Posted June 10 2022 - 2:00 PM

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Solenopsis richteri or invicta x richteri.


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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). 

#6 Offline Jonny8040 - Posted June 10 2022 - 2:03 PM

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Great. Thanks guys. I didn’t know they were up this far north!


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#7 Offline Jonny8040 - Posted June 10 2022 - 2:21 PM

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Can queens sting or just the workers? Because I picked both of them up and didn’t get stung


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#8 Offline azzaaazzzz00 - Posted June 10 2022 - 2:30 PM

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Queens can also sting, you got lucky there


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#9 Offline Jonny8040 - Posted June 10 2022 - 2:42 PM

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Queens can also sting, you got lucky there


Wow. Ok thank you! Are all of the solonopsis mentioned polygamous?


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#10 Offline Manitobant - Posted June 10 2022 - 3:19 PM

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For invicta it depends on the population. Some are pleometrotic and kill off the extra queens after founding, while others are truly polygynous.
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My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#11 Offline Jonny8040 - Posted June 11 2022 - 10:42 AM

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For invicta it depends on the population. Some are pleometrotic and kill off the extra queens after founding, while others are truly polygynous.


So either way they are acceptable of each other at least through founding right?


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#12 Offline Aaron567 - Posted June 13 2022 - 8:52 AM

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Solenopsis invicta x richteri. Yes, the queens are friendly with each other in founding and they may actually never get aggressive with each other. I'm pretty sure it's the workers that choose to kill off queens, so you can generally found several queens together without running the risk of the final surviving queen being injured from fighting.


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