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Melbourne Florida | 9/12/22 | Queen ID

Started By MrJoeCastelli , Sep 12 2022 3:12 PM

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#1 Offline MrJoeCastelli - Posted September 12 2022 - 3:12 PM

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Hi, I'm semi new to ant keeping (had a colony in the past) I just moved down to florida and decided to go looking for a queen after a rain storm. Came across this and was wondering what she is? I'm in viera florida and it was found on a driveway on 9/10/22

 

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#2 Offline That_one_ant_guy - Posted September 12 2022 - 3:25 PM

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Solenopsis I think geminata, the infamous fire ant

#3 Offline NickAnter - Posted September 12 2022 - 3:44 PM

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Solenopsis invicta


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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). 

#4 Offline FinWins - Posted September 12 2022 - 4:38 PM

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S. gemenata dark variant 


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

 

#5 Offline Aaron567 - Posted September 12 2022 - 4:47 PM

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Solenopsis invicta -- smaller, more rounded head than geminata


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