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Pheidole queen confirmation pls.

Started By ugo , Jul 27 2022 9:51 PM

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#1 Offline ugo - Posted July 27 2022 - 9:51 PM

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1. Location (on a map) MO
2. Date of collection: 7.27.22
3. Habitat of collection: backyard
4. Length (from head to gaster): about 6mm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: reddish brown
6. Distinguishing characteristics:
7. Distinguishing behavior:
8. Nest description:

9. Nuptial flight time and date:not sure maybe about 8pm

hi i got her today at about 8pm floating in a birdbath lol. I'm located in central MO and i believe she's about 6mm

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#2 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted July 27 2022 - 10:08 PM

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Indeed a Pheidole species. Congrats. I am unsure of the species as I am horrible at ant identification outside of Southeast Asia, so if you want a species ID then I would advise waiting longer for someone who can ID.

Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#3 Offline NickAnter - Posted July 28 2022 - 9:03 AM

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Pheidole tysoni

Aaron567 and ANTdrew 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).

#4 Offline FinWins - Posted July 28 2022 - 9:13 AM

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Pheidole tysoni

You’re probably right, it has the correct size, shape, color, and number of hairs to be P. tysoni

I keep: C. modoc, C. sansabeanus , C. maritimus, Formica argentea, M. mexicanus , Odontomachus brunneus , Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex rugosus,