Queen Ant ID

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Aaron567
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Queen Ant ID

Post: # 7034Post Aaron567
Mon Jun 06, 2016 5:19 pm

I caught this winged queen at about 3:00 pm today walking on the ground. She is around 8 mm in length and has a reddish color head and thorax with a darker abdomen. She looks more like Solenopsis in the pictures but she definitely is not anything like Solenopsis. Her wings have a darker shade to them, unlike fire ants which have white/translucent wings.

I also found two Trachymyrmex colonies having nuptial flights today, but I don't think I saw any queens, just males. Here are the images:
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Re: Queen Ant ID

Post: # 7052Post Aaron567
Mon Jun 06, 2016 7:34 pm

Could it be Dorymyrmex flavus or Dorymyrmex bureni?

antlove455

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Post: # 7053Post antlove455
Mon Jun 06, 2016 7:50 pm

can you get a more clear picture from the side

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Re: Queen Ant ID

Post: # 7058Post Aaron567
Mon Jun 06, 2016 8:59 pm

antlove455 wrote:can you get a more clear picture from the side
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Mdrogun

Re: Queen Ant ID

Post: # 7098Post Mdrogun
Tue Jun 07, 2016 2:32 pm

I am thinking Aphaenogaster but I'm not sure.

antlove455

Re: Queen Ant ID

Post: # 7213Post antlove455
Wed Jun 08, 2016 9:43 pm

mabye

Mdrogun

Re: Queen Ant ID

Post: # 7472Post Mdrogun
Thu Jun 16, 2016 6:32 am

Have you looked into the possibility of it being Pheidole? If it's not Pheidole this queen has really stumped me. :D

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Re: Queen Ant ID

Post: # 7481Post AntsRule
Thu Jun 16, 2016 9:17 am

Mdrogun wrote:Have you looked into the possibility of it being Pheidole? If it's not Pheidole this queen has really stumped me. :D
antlove455 wrote:mabye
This queen looks a lot like #3 queen in my post here viewtopic.php?f=48&t=1198 They might be the same genus but maybe not the same species :D
With all the things ants can do, you wonder, who rules the planet :?

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Pheidole sp.

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