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Pogonomyrmex californicus colors


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#1 Offline Mdrogun - Posted October 21 2015 - 4:53 PM

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Why is it that the Pogonomyrmex californicus in this video:

 

look so much different than the ones in this video:


Currently Keeping:
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis

Pheidole pilifera

Forelius sp. (Monogynous, bicolored) "Midwestern Forelius"
Crematogaster cerasi

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Aphaenogaster rudis

Camponotus chromaiodes

Formica sp. (microgena species)

Nylanderia cf. arenivega


#2 Offline Subverted - Posted October 21 2015 - 8:06 PM

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Diet can be a cause but there are also two forms of P. californicus.

 

P. c. bicolor and the normal red ones.


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#3 Offline gcsnelling - Posted October 22 2015 - 2:23 AM

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Depending on where the red was collected there is also a chance it is P. maricopa.






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