Tiny queen ant! What species is she?
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Tiny queen ant! What species is she?
I found this queen ant under a tiny part of a stick today (7/19/17) at 5:45 PM. She is pure black and she is 3-4 mm. She was found in southern Louisiana.
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Re: Tiny queen ant! What species is she?
Monomorium sp.
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Re: Tiny queen ant! What species is she?
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Re: Tiny queen ant! What species is she?
Wow, cool ant queen! How tiny she is! How did you manage to see her in the grass/dirt?
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Re: Tiny queen ant! What species is she?
I found her while I was flipping over sticks and bricks. This is how I usually look for queens now. I also found a Crematogaster atkinsoni queen under a brick a while ago. I know you probably don't care, but my Crematogaster atkinsoni colony got invaded by maggots. Thank god the queen is still alive.tiger01vincent wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2017 7:57 amWow, cool ant queen! How tiny she is! How did you manage to see her in the grass/dirt?
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Re: Tiny queen ant! What species is she?
Oh geez, sounds awefull!!!!!ChocolateMilk wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2017 12:33 pmI found her while I was flipping over sticks and bricks. This is how I usually look for queens now. I also found a Crematogaster atkinsoni queen under a brick a while ago. I know you probably don't care, but my Crematogaster atkinsoni colony got invaded by maggots. Thank god the queen is still alive.tiger01vincent wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2017 7:57 amWow, cool ant queen! How tiny she is! How did you manage to see her in the grass/dirt?
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Re: Tiny queen ant! What species is she?
She's fine now ! She started laying eggs again!tiger01vincent wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2017 12:58 pmOh geez, sounds awefull!!!!!ChocolateMilk wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2017 12:33 pmI found her while I was flipping over sticks and bricks. This is how I usually look for queens now. I also found a Crematogaster atkinsoni queen under a brick a while ago. I know you probably don't care, but my Crematogaster atkinsoni colony got invaded by maggots. Thank god the queen is still alive.tiger01vincent wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2017 7:57 amWow, cool ant queen! How tiny she is! How did you manage to see her in the grass/dirt?
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S. invicta x1
Monomorium sp. x1
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Re: Tiny queen ant! What species is she?
OOh, lucky! GL
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Re: Tiny queen ant! What species is she?
Monomorium minimum, most likely. M minimum is the most common Monomorium species in the U.S. of that color. Monomorium pharonis, such as AntsCanada's Tombraiders, are a different color, yet just as common.
"God made every kind of wild beasts and every kind of livestock and every kind of creeping things;" (including ants) "and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:25
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