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Yellow ant ID

Started By LowQualityAnts , Nov 4 2022 12:42 PM

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#1 Offline LowQualityAnts - Posted November 4 2022 - 12:42 PM

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I need some help IDing these ants. They make long foraging trails all around my yard and make relatively large nest entrances in the ground. One colony has a big trail going up a tree. They also do not seem to care what the temperature is and i see them regularly crowding around their nest entrances. Sorry for the bad pictures but I don't really have any lenses or things to get any better quality

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#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted November 4 2022 - 1:41 PM

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Either lasius or nylanderia i think, not sure which though.
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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/

#3 Offline NickAnter - Posted November 4 2022 - 2:10 PM

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Looks a bit more like Prenolepis imparis to me, the lighter Southern variant. We'll need measurements. Please follow the ID format; it includes measurements, and that way, you can always know you are submitting all the relevant information that you can.


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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 Somethinghmm - Posted November 4 2022 - 2:20 PM

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The thorax shape looks more like Nylanderia to me but I could see this being Prenolepis too


#5 Offline LowQualityAnts - Posted November 4 2022 - 3:01 PM

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Could it be B. deplis? These guys disappear in the summer so they could be P. imparis.

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#6 Offline Somethinghmm - Posted November 4 2022 - 3:44 PM

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Could it be B. deplis? These guys disappear in the summer so they could be P. imparis.

Nope, definitely not B. depilis


#7 Offline Mettcollsuss - Posted November 4 2022 - 6:04 PM

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It's Prenolepis imparis. Brachymyrmex depilis are much smaller and more subterranean, especially in the south. The scapes aren't long enough for Nylanderia and the head shape doesn't match, its just that from some angles imparis' mesosomal constriction is somewhat hidden.


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#8 Offline T.C. - Posted November 4 2022 - 6:24 PM

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Prenolepis imparis


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#9 Offline Jonathan5608 - Posted November 4 2022 - 6:29 PM

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prenos are so much darker in New York

#10 Offline ANTdrew - Posted November 5 2022 - 2:31 AM

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You’ll get better IDs using the template pinned in the subforum. Just copy and paste into a new thread and fill it in the best you can.
Really nice color morph you’ve got there.
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#11 Offline LowQualityAnts - Posted November 5 2022 - 6:45 AM

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Alright. I have seen completely black workers at a nest opening too.

Edited by LowQualityAnts, November 5 2022 - 6:51 AM.

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