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Queen ID help

Started By scottc , Apr 12 2017 5:19 PM

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#1 Offline scottc - Posted April 12 2017 - 5:19 PM

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Species: Tetramorium?

Location: Payson, Utah

Date: 4-12-17

Time: 6:00 PM

Temperature: 71F

Humidity: 0%

Wind: 0mph

Rain: 2 ays ago

 

the only reason i Tetramorium is because they are only ones i have seen out and about.. 

 

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#2 Offline LC3 - Posted April 12 2017 - 5:33 PM

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This is definitely not Tetramorium, depending on the size (which you should list by the way) it's either a Myrmica sp. or another small Myrmicine like Temnothorax. I'm leaning towards Myrmica because of a guess of size of the container. Beautiful nonetheless.


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#3 Offline scottc - Posted April 12 2017 - 5:40 PM

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sorry i thought i had lol it is ~6mm


#4 Offline LC3 - Posted April 12 2017 - 6:24 PM

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This is definitely a Myrmica sp., It's ridiculously hard to ID Myrmica species without the right equipment, however this one seems to have a very pronounced colour pattern, you can try researching some Myrmica spp. in your state and see if any of them match. I'd suggest Antweb and Antmaps.


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