Another ID reno, nv

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Comnav24
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Another ID reno, nv

Post: # 36323Post Comnav24
Thu May 24, 2018 10:54 pm

Queen 20180524 2000 reno, Nv
Orange brown body silvery grey faster
Caught near irrigation ditch making chamber in sandy clay mud
During thunderstorm w/light rain
12mm estimated using a penny for comparison

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Re: Another ID reno, nv

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Fri May 25, 2018 5:35 am

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Re: Another ID reno, nv

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Fri May 25, 2018 1:51 pm

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Re: Another ID reno, nv

Post: # 36349Post Batspiderfish
Fri May 25, 2018 3:04 pm

Myrmecocystus sp.
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Re: Another ID reno, nv

Post: # 36550Post Comnav24
Wed May 30, 2018 9:34 am

She laid eggs lastnight... :) hopefully she prospers :D. Thank you for the ID, I may need a new nest for her and her colony

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Re: Another ID reno, nv

Post: # 48946Post Comnav24
Thu Aug 30, 2018 11:56 pm

Another update...only one larvae formed a cocoon, and doesn't appear to have survived...however she is still alive and well and raising her newest brood.

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