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[XZero38]

1. Henderson, CO

2. 4/12/2017
3. backyard under pavers stone
4. 4-5mm
5. Shiny black/dark brown gasters, with dull black/dark brown thorax and head with brown legs
6. looks like a single spike on back of throax
7. tunnel network under pavers stone
 

Edited by XZero38, April 12 2017 - 3:04 PM.

[XZero38]

once i get back home i will double check the measurements

[Californian Anter]

Tetramorium Sp. E. I see grooves on their heads, and 2 nodes. You really should check those measurements again.

Edited by Californian Anter, April 12 2017 - 6:32 PM.

[sgheaton]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.... Suuucker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nice pictures though. 

 

I mowed, weed eated, edged, turned on sprinklers yesterday. When I sprayed for bugs, I skipped the dirt patches I've got. Anyways, pulling back the zero landscape by a rocks width. Outside flipping rocks, found a furry one. It was the Solenopsis Molesta colony! Enough that I found where they are going (which is away from the grill and door). Looking at the Lasius colony, they are growing steadily. 

 

Noticed a few Tets out and about...but not their colony yet. Their location last year ... well was kind of a mystery. I think they were actually in the yard and not so much the garden area.

 

No idea on Pogonomyrmex's. I think I got those from the field over on pure luck. 

[XZero38]

If these are tetramorium they are larger then any tetramorium I've seen.

[sgheaton]

Could it be possible that this is an established colony of Tetramoriums and you're used to new workers? Maybe they've been there since last year, and as such have bigger sized workers due to their already grand life style?

[XZero38]

I'm not comparing it to just my colony, even other colonies I've seen in neighborhoods I've not seen them this big before.