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Iowa, 7/23/22 - found 3 in 105 degrees!

Started By nofuel11 , Jul 23 2022 7:06 PM

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#1 Offline nofuel11 - Posted July 23 2022 - 7:06 PM

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It rained a bit last night, then was insanely hot today and I found 3 queens all at once!! The most in a day for me. Here's the 1st queen (the others will go in a separate id post) Thank you guys!

Location: Iowa
Date: 7/23/22
Habitat: on patchy super dry lawn under a tree
Length: 1/2 inch (12 mm)
Coloration: black gaster, brownish/reddish body, brown/red antenna with black at the tips
Distinguishing characteristics: the macro lens was able to pick up the tiny hairs on the gaster

#2 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted July 23 2022 - 7:07 PM

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Formica sp

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#3 Offline NickAnter - Posted July 23 2022 - 7:08 PM

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Looks like its in the pallidefulva group.

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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).