Need help identifying a species I believe is a queen that was found in Longmont Colorado on Friday August 11 2017

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Need help identifying a species I believe is a queen that was found in Longmont Colorado on Friday August 11 2017

Post: # 28947Post H8ENJ8EN
Sun Aug 13, 2017 5:50 pm

http://imgur.com/a/AS5R5
She looks like this species https://m.imgur.com/a/U1u9c
But has black stripes on the abdomen and is about 1 cm.


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idahoantgirl
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Re: Need help identifying a species I believe is a queen that was found in Longmont Colorado on Friday August 11 2017

Post: # 28954Post idahoantgirl
Sun Aug 13, 2017 8:51 pm

from the blurry pic, My first instinct was velvet "ant". but of course we need better photos
Proverbs 6:6-8

Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.

Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile

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Re: ID Request

Post: # 28991Post Phoenix
Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:14 am

Either A Pogonomyrmex Queen / Velvet Ant.
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H8ENJ8EN

Re: Need help identifying a species I believe is a queen that was found in Longmont Colorado on Friday August 11 2017

Post: # 29286Post H8ENJ8EN
Wed Aug 16, 2017 10:20 pm

Thanks for the help it turns out it is a velvet ant so I released it

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