Queen Ant Oroville/California/United States of America
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Queen Ant Oroville/California/United States of America
This queen ant was found on 2/3/20. I found it while I was digging and not during any nuptial flights. The queen ant is about 4mm in length and the small red workers were about 1mm in length. Any help identifying this ant is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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Re: Queen Ant Oroville/California/United States of America
On a side note, this has nothing to do with the queen I found but I found a colony of small red ants that seems to have super majors. (Major ants with large heads) The minors were about 1/8 of an inch/ 1.2 mm and the majors were about 3/16 of an inch/ 2mm.
Re: Queen Ant Oroville/California/United States of America
any pictures will be good
2 x iridomyrmex sp Queen:15+ workers
2 x iridomyrmex pallidus: 40+ workers
1 x pheidole megacephala:2 queen 300 workers.
1 x opisthopsis Queen: 14 workers
2 x iridomyrmex pallidus: 40+ workers
1 x pheidole megacephala:2 queen 300 workers.
1 x opisthopsis Queen: 14 workers
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Re: Queen Ant Oroville/California/United States of America
Sorry, I thought I already posted the photo. Here is a link to the photo.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14DQoIO6fIrBKFfEAPfh6-T0CIBAxd3G2UF6mNDyZWzc/edit?usp=sharing
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14DQoIO6fIrBKFfEAPfh6-T0CIBAxd3G2UF6mNDyZWzc/edit?usp=sharing
Re: Queen Ant Oroville/California/United States of America
not sure if i can see 2 ant petiole nodes (a side shot would fix that) but i would say it's possibly from the genus pheidole, im not from America so i wouldn't be able to get the exact species.
2 x iridomyrmex sp Queen:15+ workers
2 x iridomyrmex pallidus: 40+ workers
1 x pheidole megacephala:2 queen 300 workers.
1 x opisthopsis Queen: 14 workers
2 x iridomyrmex pallidus: 40+ workers
1 x pheidole megacephala:2 queen 300 workers.
1 x opisthopsis Queen: 14 workers
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Re: Queen Ant Oroville/California/United States of America
I think you are right. It looks a lot like Pheidole megacephala. Thank you!
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