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[Straywolf94]

1. Location of collection : backyard blacklight near canyon preserve
2. Date of collection: 7/6/18
3. Habitat of collection: residential, near canyon preserve
4. Length: ~8mm  5mm
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture: dark amber/brown
6. Distinguishing characteristics:
7. Anything else distinctive: noticed lots of argentine activity in the area, so most likely to be argentine ant?
8. Nest description:
9. Nuptial flight time and date: found 50-100 alates and de-alates next to blacklight, some with tiny 3mm males attached to gaster.
10 . Pictures:

Edited by Straywolf94, July 7 2018 - 3:53 PM.

[Batspiderfish]

Is the measurement accurate? Head-to-gaster, excluding antennae?

[Straywolf94]

Measured them now that they've settled down, and its closer to 5-6mm.

[Batspiderfish]

I'm getting a pretty strong Dorymyrmex vibe, but it's hard to tell from the pictures.

[Straywolf94]

Adding some better resolution pictures.  Have them all in one test tube for now.  Need to get more tubes 

 

 

 

 

[Straywolf94]

Just took a look at my Argentine prison camp for comparison and these are argentines for sure.  

 

Edited by Straywolf94, July 7 2018 - 3:51 PM.

[Batspiderfish]

The queens in the cluster look like Brachymyrmex patagonicus, which makes a little more sense. The bottom ants are indeed Linepithema.

[Straywolf94]

I looked up Brachymyrmex patagonicus and found this image:

 

 

It's exactly what I saw from the nuptial flight with males hanging off the females.

Edited by Straywolf94, July 7 2018 - 3:50 PM.