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Pogonomyrmex californicus colors

Started By Mdrogun , Oct 21 2015 4:53 PM

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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

Pheidole bicarinata

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.

Edited by Subverted, October 21 2015 - 8:07 PM.

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