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do you think it is this kind of solenopsis
I was thinking a Bot how its body is shaped, not its coloring.Batspiderfish wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2017 10:22 pmYou would not identify it based on colors. You would have to run this ant through a species description or key (using anatomical features). The photographs are not sufficient for us to do this.
Do you know where a species description or key would be? I could not find one =(Batspiderfish wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2017 10:22 pmYou would not identify it based on colors. You would have to run this ant through a species description or key (using anatomical features). The photographs are not sufficient for us to do this.
I'm in the east. I found mine in a hole she dug. She was by her self so i guess it's a claustral chamber she was in. Hope she is fertilized!xTNxANTMANx wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2017 11:40 pmI'm not sure, I need to post pics as well to identify her. She's roughly 6-8mm, and like a dark orange with black on her faster but its had to get a good pic of her cuz I caught her with a few workers she had already. Maybe like 10. They aren't to active just yet but I do know when I was catching them, the workers would bite my tool I was using to ease them in lol. Found them in a rotte piece of wood. The workers range between like 3-5mm. Roughly. I'll try to get pics tho. I'm in west tn by the way. What part r u in?
It's interesting that it is a light color and then suddenly gets dark partway down its gaster. Maybe if is a native then it's a new species and you have the only one known! 
Or not... 
Even Solenopsis geminata?Batspiderfish wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2017 8:59 amAll of the Solenopsis fire ants in the Eastern United States are invasive species. The native Solenopsis xyloni used to live in these places, but they have been completely eradicated by non-natives. Thankfully, you can still find them in the west.
Solenopsis geminata is not from North America. The fire ants found in the Southeast US are almost always Solenopsis invicta.Martialis wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2017 9:22 amEven Solenopsis geminata?Batspiderfish wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2017 8:59 amAll of the Solenopsis fire ants in the Eastern United States are invasive species. The native Solenopsis xyloni used to live in these places, but they have been completely eradicated by non-natives. Thankfully, you can still find them in the west.