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Tiny Tetramoriam Queen

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 7:49 am
by AntsSA
I caught a queen last Wednesday
She laid eggs today hooray
http://imgur.com/a/BBH1U

Re: Tiny Tetramoriam Queen

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 7:51 am
by Batspiderfish
Doesn't look like Tetramorium to me. That head is too shiny.

Re: Tiny Tetramoriam Queen

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 10:46 am
by idahoantgirl
AntsSA wrote:
Tue Mar 21, 2017 7:49 am
I caught a queen last Wednesday
She laid eggs today hooray
http://imgur.com/a/BBH1U
Yeah, I'm not convinced that is tetramorium. Too shiny, and too roundish shaped. Teteramorium almost have more rectangular features if that makes any sense. Can we see more pictures of her? Also a measurement and location.

Re: Tiny Tetramoriam Queen

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 10:51 am
by Martialis
idahoantgirl wrote:
Tue Mar 21, 2017 10:46 am
AntsSA wrote:
Tue Mar 21, 2017 7:49 am
I caught a queen last Wednesday
She laid eggs today hooray
http://imgur.com/a/BBH1U
Yeah, I'm not convinced that is tetramorium. Too shiny, and too roundish shaped. Teteramorium almost have more rectangular features if that makes any sense. Can we see more pictures of her? Also a measurement and location.
It already exists. An ID thread was posted earlier.

Re: Tiny Tetramoriam Queen

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 2:14 pm
by xTNxANTMANx
It kinda resembles my Tapinoma sessile Queen. I'm probably wrong though LOL.

Re: Tiny Tetramoriam Queen

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 2:37 pm
by Martialis
A 5 millimeter Tapinoma queen would be huge.

Re: Tiny Tetramoriam Queen

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 2:39 pm
by xTNxANTMANx
I must have not seen where it said 5 millimeters LOL. That would be huge

Re: Tiny Tetramoriam Queen

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 2:55 pm
by Batspiderfish
Tapinoma queens average at about 4.5mm, so that's a bit of an exaggeration. Definitely the wrong subfamily, though.

Re: Tiny Tetramoriam Queen

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:08 pm
by Martialis
Are they really?

Re: Tiny Tetramoriam Queen

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:49 pm
by xTNxANTMANx
Come to think of it, mine is about 4mm...