July 17th 2017 - South of France, Périgord
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July 17th 2017 - South of France, Périgord
Found this queen ant, date and location in title.
She measures about 8-9 millimetres. Hope you can make something
out of this... I couldn't get the front of the head because
my camera isn't that good. Sorry in advance.
http://imgur.com/a/bJIna
She measures about 8-9 millimetres. Hope you can make something
out of this... I couldn't get the front of the head because
my camera isn't that good. Sorry in advance.
http://imgur.com/a/bJIna
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Re: July 17th 2017 - South of France, Périgord
I can't really tell from the photos. Could be Tetramorium or Crematogaster.
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Re: July 17th 2017 - South of France, Périgord
Thanks for the answer, if it were one of these to I'd go for tetramorium because I've looked at her lot and noticed a similarity between her and tetramorium. I've looked both of them up and saw that crematogaster usually has a pointy abdomen, mine has not and tetramorium has a certain space between thorax and abdomen. This is also present with crematogaster but not that explicit. So I guess it's a tetramorium for now... But not sure yet so if people have other suggestions, please tell me, it would be highly appreciated...
Re: July 17th 2017 - South of France, Périgord
Only seconds later I realise my reasoning is superunlogic and start to doubt again...
Re: July 17th 2017 - South of France, Périgord
If a few more pictures are taken, an accurate ID can be made.
I am leaning toward Tetramorium as well.
I am leaning toward Tetramorium as well.
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Selliing:
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Re: July 17th 2017 - South of France, Périgord
Now, I didn't want to disturb her again but I had to for the pictures. Here they are.
http://imgur.com/a/NGOT4
http://imgur.com/a/NGOT4
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Re: July 17th 2017 - South of France, Périgord
Ah! Thanks for the other pictures. Looks like this is Pheidole sp.
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Re: July 17th 2017 - South of France, Périgord
Most important at the moment is: is one of these species semi-clusthral?
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Re: July 17th 2017 - South of France, Périgord
This queen is claustral.
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