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[Adrielm]

http://www.formicult...2-unidentified/ 

I captured this queen about 1.5 - 2 months ago. It greatly resembles a Pogonomyrmex but it is just dark brown. It is slightly smaller than the neighboring Pogonomyrmex queens in the photo. It currently only has one larva which worries me since it has had that one larva for a while. I was hoping that it would hatch some workers so I could more easily identify it, but no luck.

[EthanNgo678]

Pogonomyrmex rugosus best guess, try giving her a bit of honey and a spider.

[Adrielm]

Pogonomyrmex rugosus best guess, try giving her a bit of honey and a spider.

Looks about right. Thank you very much!

[Zeiss]

Pogonomyrmex rugosus best guess, try giving her a bit of honey and a spider.

No, do not give her honey.  Pogonomyrmex sp. do not need any honey in their diets.  Pogonomyrmex rugosus is also fully claustral, so just put her in a tube and leave her be.  Or another type of founding formicarium you can plug up.