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Identifying a Neoponera villosa worker from a queen

Started By AntsTx , Sep 20 2024 6:04 PM
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#1 Offline AntsTx - Posted September 20 2024 - 6:04 PM

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Hello y'all,

 

I'm going down to Brownsville, TX soon to go on an intense anting trip to find Neoponera villosa and I was wondering if their is an easy way to identify the difference from a worker and a queen quickly in the field. Also, If required, I could put what I think is a queen in a test tube and pull out my macro lens rq to identify her, but if there is a faster way to do this please let me know.

 

Edit: also I need to know how to id her


Edited by AntsTx, September 20 2024 - 6:14 PM.

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#2 Offline eea - Posted September 20 2024 - 6:29 PM

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I think the best ways are just through wing scars or thorax size.
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#3 Offline ReignofRage - Posted September 20 2024 - 8:05 PM

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The queens will be marginally larger, have a flight sclerite, and an overall bulkier mesosoma. Look at Inaturalist observations for a plethora of images.


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