1. Location of collection: Lynnwood, (Alderwood Manor specifically), Washington, USA. You can be more specific here than in the title, but please include the information in the title here as well.
2. Date of collection: August 19, 2016
3. Habitat of collection: I found her on the road while I was walking to my mailbox. The road is a lightly driven one, at the end of a culdasac.
4. Length: 8 ½ MM.
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture: Shiny black but her legs and antennae appear to lighten a little to brownish in light.
6. Distinguishing characteristics: one petiole node,head appears small in relation to gaster and abdomen, almond shaped eyes, I think I see tiny hairs on her gaster but my camera isn’t good enough to be sure. I counted about 12 antennae segments.
7. Anything else distinctive: When I first got her, she acted jumpy and looked at me and watched me a lot. But I have had her since the 19th (it’s Sept. 2 now) and she seems to have slowed down. Her gaster also seems smaller but she didn’t want to eat, so I put her in the dark in a test tube.
8. Nest description: No idea, I found her walking around on the road.
9 . I don’t have a great camera but I hope this is good enough information to help me learn what type of ant she is.
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n23/shareallicu/eating%20sugar.jpg
Edited by Shareallicu, September 2 2016 - 8:09 PM.
