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[Seadogrun]

So, I am brand new to this hobby so go easy on me. I am finding many of these dead in my pool, but a few are alive.  Unfortunately the best picture I could get is of a dead one.

 

Found in a swimming pool in South Florida:

 

[FeedTheAnts]

Pheidole most likely.

[Connectimyrmex]

I'm thinking that this queen may be some sort of Solenopsis or Brachymyrmex.

[123LordOfAnts123]

The lack of a second petiole rules out Solenopsis completely.

Brachymyrmex obscurior is what this queen is.

[Seadogrun]

Thanks guys.  This is one we caught alive.  Do you think it is the same?

I've got her in a test tube set up, is that appropriate? 

 

Edited by Seadogrun, August 13 2017 - 5:58 PM.

[Connectimyrmex]

The new one is Pheidole.