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Need help on Ant ID

Started By Crazy_Go , Jun 4 2017 5:12 PM
ant id need help fast please help is this even a queen

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#1 Offline Crazy_Go - Posted June 4 2017 - 5:12 PM

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I don't know if this is even a queen but please help anyways...
1. On my back porch in San Antonio Texas
2. June 4 2017
3. On my back porch in the suburbs in San Antonio
4. I couldn't find a ruler but here is a quarter for comparison
5. It is back black and more black
6. I don't know
7. I don't know
8. I don't know
Here are some pics
http://www.formicult...4-for-ant-id-2/
Please help thanks.

#2 Offline Martialis - Posted June 4 2017 - 5:13 PM

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Face shot?


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#3 Offline Crazy_Go - Posted June 4 2017 - 5:15 PM

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Face shot?

I can try to get one in a bit

#4 Offline Spamdy - Posted June 4 2017 - 5:16 PM

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Pachycondyla Harpax queen? I'm probably wrong.

Edited by Spamdy, June 4 2017 - 5:18 PM.

All my colonies are dead. 

 

 Except:

  

  Pogonomyrmex barbatus

  Pheidole obscurithorax

  Pheidole morens

#5 Offline Crazy_Go - Posted June 4 2017 - 5:19 PM

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Pachycondyla Harpax queen? I'm probably wrong.

is that a semi clausteral queen? Sorry for spelling

#6 Offline Spamdy - Posted June 4 2017 - 5:25 PM

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I think so...
Again my ID is probably incorrect, can I see the frontal view to see the mandibles?

All my colonies are dead. 

 

 Except:

  

  Pogonomyrmex barbatus

  Pheidole obscurithorax

  Pheidole morens

#7 Offline Batspiderfish - Posted June 4 2017 - 5:40 PM

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Pachycondyla Harpax queen? I'm probably wrong.

 

I agree! (although harpax shouldn't be capitalized.)


Edited by Batspiderfish, June 4 2017 - 5:40 PM.

If you've enjoyed using my expertise and identifications, please do not create undue ecological risk by releasing your ants. The environment which we keep our pet insects is alien and oftentimes unsanitary, so ensure that wild populations stay safe by giving your ants the best care you can manage for the rest of their lives, as we must do with any other pet.

 

Exotic ants are for those who think that vibrant diversity is something you need to pay money to see. It is illegal to transport live ants across state lines.

 

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Black lives still matter.

#8 Offline MrILoveTheAnts - Posted June 4 2017 - 5:41 PM

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My three picks are Pachycondyla villosa, Pachycondyla harpax, or Platythyrea punctata. Hard to tell which.


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#9 Offline MrILoveTheAnts - Posted June 4 2017 - 6:09 PM

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Given the newly added head image I would say Pachycondyla harpax.


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#10 Offline Spamdy - Posted June 4 2017 - 6:12 PM

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Gosh, I can't even tell the differences between similar Camponotus queens, but I can ID a ant I barely know pfft...

All my colonies are dead. 

 

 Except:

  

  Pogonomyrmex barbatus

  Pheidole obscurithorax

  Pheidole morens

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