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Pogonomyrmex rugosus?

Started By Foogoo , Oct 9 2014 7:15 PM

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#1 Offline Foogoo - Posted October 9 2014 - 7:15 PM

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Saw these guys today near Bishop, CA. All I had was my camera phone and we had to leave, so excuse the poor quality. They looked like Pogonomyrmex but almost all black. Are these rugosus?

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Camponotus vicinus, Crematogaster 1, Crematogaster 2, Formica francoeuri, *, *, Myrmecocystus testaceus, Novomessor cockerelli, Pheidole hyatti, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Solenopsis invicta

#2 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted October 9 2014 - 7:21 PM

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Veromessor pergandei. They are super easy to keep, basically look and behave like Pogonomyrmex, grow fast, and make huge colonies. :)


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#3 Offline Alza - Posted October 9 2014 - 7:23 PM

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Vero pergandei confirmed.


#4 Offline Foogoo - Posted October 9 2014 - 7:25 PM

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Wow thanks! That species wasn't even on my radar until now!


Camponotus vicinus, Crematogaster 1, Crematogaster 2, Formica francoeuri, *, *, Myrmecocystus testaceus, Novomessor cockerelli, Pheidole hyatti, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Solenopsis invicta

#5 Offline Alza - Posted October 9 2014 - 7:25 PM

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we got you, unit. 


#6 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted October 9 2014 - 7:27 PM

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They are very common in the desert. :)


#7 Offline Alza - Posted October 9 2014 - 7:32 PM

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indeed they are.


#8 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted October 9 2014 - 7:38 PM

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These are the nests they make.


#9 Offline Alza - Posted October 9 2014 - 7:42 PM

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your phalanges, metacarpals, and carpals are rather small


#10 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted October 9 2014 - 7:47 PM

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What?


#11 Offline Alza - Posted October 9 2014 - 8:00 PM

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nevermind...


#12 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted October 9 2014 - 8:09 PM

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Oh that, ya I guess, I don't know.  :rolleyes:


#13 Offline Alza - Posted October 9 2014 - 9:11 PM

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if vero pergandei were to die off, the global swag levels would fall 


#14 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted October 9 2014 - 9:19 PM

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Probably never even seen Veromessor pergandei with your own eyes before.


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#15 Offline Alza - Posted October 9 2014 - 9:19 PM

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I've seen vero andrei. Vero andrei confirmed 


#16 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted October 9 2014 - 9:20 PM

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This is Veromessor pergandei, and I do not know where you would have seen Veromessor andrei around here.


#17 Offline Alza - Posted October 9 2014 - 9:22 PM

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mentifeeeeed 


#18 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted October 9 2014 - 9:28 PM

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Back to the slang, huh Alza? WHAT THE HECK DOES THAT MEAN!!!  :thinking:


#19 Offline Alza - Posted October 9 2014 - 9:29 PM

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slang ? that's not slang. its the name of a city with some extra letters 


#20 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted October 9 2014 - 9:37 PM

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Menifee?


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