Tetramorium or Pheidole?

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Firecatto21
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Location: Southern Spain

Tetramorium or Pheidole?

Post: # 52836Post Firecatto21
Tue Oct 23, 2018 4:00 pm

Caught 8 of these queens yesterday in Spain at 6pm
Around 5mm
Images:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1k890aZqIlZ93od-0d_iBafKMhEBMPvv1
Keeper of:
-Messor Barbarus x2
-Messor capitatus
-Camponotus Herculeanus
-Temnothorax
-Monomorium sp.
-Plagiolepis
-Messor barbarus unmated princess

TheRealAntMan
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Location: Chicago, Illinois

Re: Tetramorium or Pheidole?

Post: # 52841Post TheRealAntMan
Tue Oct 23, 2018 5:47 pm

Tetramorium Caespitum queens. Best to separate as they are not polygynous.
An ants' strength can be rivaled by few animals compared to relative body size.

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