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Dspdrew's Pheidole sp.1 Journal [237] (Discontinued)

Started By dspdrew , Sep 23 2017 12:48 PM

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#1 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 23 2017 - 12:48 PM

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9-23-2017

I found this Pheidole queen on my black light in Trabuco Canyon, California around 5:00 AM on 8-2-2017.

Original ID Thread: https://www.formicul...on-ca-9-23-2017

1. Location of collection: Trabuco Canyon, California
2. Date of collection: 8-2-2017
3. Habitat of collection: Oak Forest
4. Length (from head to gaster): 6mm (queen), 2mm (worker)
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: Queen - Rust color, brown gaster; Worker - Rust color thorax, maize gaster, brown head
6. Distinguishing characteristics: Short spines
7. Anything else distinctive:
8. Nest description:
9. Nuptial flight time and date: 5:00 AM, 8-2-2017

She got her first workers about two weeks ago. This is the first time I've seen this species before. I like the darker heads. There's not a lot of species of ants around here with heads darker than the rest of their body. It's usually the other way around for some reason.

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#2 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted September 23 2017 - 2:14 PM

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Augh, I want pheidole so bad! How do you find them?

Proverbs 6:6-8 New International Version (NIV)

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
    consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.