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[AntsAreUs]

1. Location of collection: Under a stone slab.

2. Date of collection: 10-22-14
3. Habitat of collection: Dried mud around the slab then grass.
4. Length (from head to gaster):??
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: Black with a very dark red gaster.
6. Distinguishing characteristics: It is small, it's gaster is like a football, and it's antenna go outwards with no joints.
7. Anything else distinctive: When picked up by the wings it thrashes it's gaster around.
8. Nest description: ??

 

 

[Gregory2455]

That looks like a queen. Get a shot of her head. If she has jaws kind of like workers, she is a queen.
Maybe a parasitic or semi-clausteral queen.

[Gregory2455]

Also, under a stone slab you say? So this was digging, and still alive? It is a queen then.

[AntsAreUs]

Turns out it was I believe Myrmica rubra male.

[dermy]

It's a male, antenna are long and legs are weird looking.

[Gregory2455]

I see now Dermy, what legs? I will stick to my opinion of this being an Aphaenogaster, probably a male.