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Started By LIExotics , Jul 9 2022 9:50 AM

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#1 Offline LIExotics - Posted July 9 2022 - 9:50 AM

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Hey everyone. I found a few queens today, and 2 of them I don't know what they are. They are both 4.5mm long. Here is the link to pictures: https://imgur.com/gallery/tBzSSD3. Sorry for the crappy quality. They were found at Belmont lake in Babylon New York. Thanks in advance everyone.

#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 9 2022 - 12:24 PM

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Perhaps Pheidole? Need better photos, though.
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#3 Offline United-Ants - Posted July 9 2022 - 2:41 PM

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Pheidole sp ?

#4 Offline futurebird - Posted July 9 2022 - 3:24 PM

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could it be brachymyrmex? the gaster has a distinctive dent... but it could just be the photos or glass...


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#5 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 9 2022 - 5:33 PM

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could it be brachymyrmex? the gaster has a distinctive dent... but it could just be the photos or glass...

Definitely not Brachymyrmex. We need way better photos than these Big Foot siting style shots, though.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#6 Offline NickAnter - Posted July 9 2022 - 6:41 PM

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This looks really weird. Almost looks like it has a Proceratium esq gaster, nothing like any native sp in the USA. Better pictures will be needed to confirm anything though.


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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). 

#7 Offline LIExotics - Posted July 10 2022 - 7:14 PM

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Here is a group of the best pictures I can get.

https://imgur.com/gallery/LXqagGa
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#8 Offline United-Ants - Posted July 10 2022 - 7:41 PM

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pheidole  cf  morrisii


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#9 Offline LIExotics - Posted July 10 2022 - 8:22 PM

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How could it be pheidole morrisii? The queens are upwards of 7 to 8mm long. She is only 4.5mm.

#10 Offline LIExotics - Posted July 10 2022 - 10:07 PM

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My apologies united-ants. I included the wrong link. Lol. The one I uploaded was the pheidole. I apologize.
This is the proper link:
https://imgur.com/gallery/Kd0kbxy

#11 Offline bmb1bee - Posted July 10 2022 - 11:29 PM

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Definitely not Brachymyrmex. We need way better photos than these Big Foot siting style shots, though.

 

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#12 Offline LIExotics - Posted July 11 2022 - 12:10 AM

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NickAnter. You were correct. It is a Proceratium silaceum queen. I just looked up the different ants in that genus, and that ant matches in every aspect from color to size. Thanks for the suggestion.
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