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Ant ID. White House, TN 4/14/2017

Started By JJ32 , Apr 14 2017 5:12 AM

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#1 Offline JJ32 - Posted April 14 2017 - 5:12 AM

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Good morning all,

Caught this queen yesterday evening when I finally had some collection vials on me.. I was ill prepared yesterday as 2 queens and 1 male landed on me as I was out and about running errands. Anyways, here are the details that i know.

1.Collected in White House, TN

2. 4/13/2017

3. Subdivision Sidewalk. Small subdivision in the country.

4. 10-11mm

5. black with gaster being yellow and black banded.

6. can't tell from pic how many petiole she has because her leg is in the way.

7. nothing odd

8. N/A

She dropped her wings over night. good sign

Owner of:

(1) Camponotus Pennsylvanicus

(4) Tarantulas

(y)

#2 Offline sgheaton - Posted April 14 2017 - 5:18 AM

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Huh! That's a fairly cool looking ant, and something brand new to me (though what isn't). Good deal with the wings. Knowing someone will ID it, good luck with her!