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Nevada, USA - ID Request

Started By devtucker , Sep 21 2016 2:38 PM

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#1 Offline devtucker - Posted September 21 2016 - 2:38 PM

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I am travelling, and I found this ant under a rock today. It's about 15 or 17 mm in length. I assume it's a queen because it was sitting alone underneath a rock and its size is rather large. It looks like a tet to me, but I'm a total noob with this. Thanks! http://m.imgur.com/U...NFh4NzV,yBi27sP

Edited by devtucker, September 25 2016 - 6:08 PM.

#2 Offline Batspiderfish - Posted September 21 2016 - 2:56 PM

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Crematogaster sp.

If you've enjoyed using my expertise and identifications, please do not create undue ecological risk by releasing your ants. The environment which we keep our pet insects is alien and oftentimes unsanitary, so ensure that wild populations stay safe by giving your ants the best care you can manage for the rest of their lives, as we must do with any other pet.

Exotic ants are for those who think that vibrant diversity is something you need to pay money to see. It is illegal to transport live ants across state lines.

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#3 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 21 2016 - 4:15 PM

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Looks just like the big huge ones we get around here all summer long.

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#4 Offline devtucker - Posted September 21 2016 - 6:19 PM

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Do you guys have any tips pertaining to caring for this species? Also, thanks for the ID!

#5 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 21 2016 - 6:23 PM

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Just stick it in a test tube setup and leave it until you see workers. Then give them some food.

This is my journal of what I think might be the same species.

http://www.formicult...dated-7-9-2016/

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#6 Offline devtucker - Posted September 21 2016 - 6:28 PM

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Thank you. I wasn't sure if they were fully claustral or not.

#7 Offline James C. Trager - Posted September 22 2016 - 3:47 AM

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Could you set her test tube over a ruler and get a more accurate measurement? I can't think of a North American Crematogaster that is anywhere near that large.

#8 Offline devtucker - Posted September 22 2016 - 8:06 AM

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Sorry about that, James. My initial measurement was off a bit becauseI tried to use a tape measure <.> I measured her again with a ruler, and she is almost exactly 12.5mm.