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[Teafoot]

I found a line of worker ants today traveling in a line in some dirt at the edge of some pavement. They were just a few mm long, about 1-4, and a little bit polymorphic. They were mostly a reddish color with a black gaster. They had two nodes. I am in chapel hill, North Carolina. Sorry I don't have a picture.
Edit: they look a lot like pyramid ants, but with two nodes, and they don't live here.

Edited by Teafoot, November 2 2016 - 7:59 AM.

[Loops117]

[Teafoot]

Your reply is just as constructive!

[Loops117]

Actually. i reply is dead on, and extremely constructive. Rules state that you need some kind of picture. Without it, we have 1~4mm (that's a HUGE difference when it comes to ants), mostly redish with black gaster (this narrows it down to a quarter of the known species in the us, which is still inaccurate considering colors arnt always a match). Then we have 2 nodes (Lots of species have 2 nodes). And lastly, it's next impossible to ID a species from a relative description of a worker ant, none the less a queen.

 

It's deff an Aphaenogaster occidentalis

Edited by Loops117, November 2 2016 - 10:41 AM.

[Loops117]

Here’s an analogy for you.

I have this car. It’s roughly 12ft long, 2 doors with a silver logo. Looks like a buick, but I could be completely wrong.

 

What car am I talking about?

[CallMeCraven]

Here’s an analogy for you.

I have this car. It’s roughly 12ft long, 2 doors with a silver logo. Looks like a buick, but I could be completely wrong.

 

What car am I talking about?

Obviously the car is an Aphaenogaster occidentalis.

 

But seriously, pics are essential to getting an accurate ant ID. If you could get a couple close ups of the workers, we would all be more than happy to help .

[dspdrew]

Here’s an analogy for you.

I have this car. It’s roughly 12ft long, 2 doors with a silver logo. Looks like a buick, but I could be completely wrong.

 

What car am I talking about?

 

 

 

Rules state that you need some kind of picture.

 

Not rules, but recommended if you actually want an answer.