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[Formicine]

Here she is:

https://imgur.com/a/IPyokDs (The pics near the bottom of the album have some of the better angles on her thorax... I forget the name for that specifically for ants.)

 

12 mm, found in northern Nevada, super dark color, and her gaster is engorged with eggs. Found 4/14/18 under a rock. She hadn't really dug down at all. 

 

I've posted elsewhere a couple of times now, and it seems that people kind of agree that she's probably crematogaster sp. (Some people thought formica as well though.)

I would have thought she was C. Cerasi, but those live over a state away from me. 

 

When those eggs finally make it to being full grown ants, I'll probably try again if this forum doesn't work.

 

Anyway, thank you for checking this out.

Edited by Formicine, April 30 2018 - 8:27 AM.

[T.C.]

that's Crematogaster sp. for sure.

[Canadian anter]

One of these

 

• Crematogaster coarctata
• Crematogaster depilis
• Crematogaster emeryana
• Crematogaster laeviuscula
• Crematogaster navajoa
• Crematogaster nocturna
• Crematogaster vermiculata

[Formicine]

 

One of these

 

• Crematogaster coarctata
• Crematogaster depilis
• Crematogaster emeryana
• Crematogaster laeviuscula
• Crematogaster navajoa
• Crematogaster nocturna
• Crematogaster vermiculata

 

Nocturna looks really close if the video I looked at was labeled correctly, but I can't find pictures for the queens for most of the rest of the list. 

Would be pretty cool if she was c. nocturna though.

Thanks for the list!