Found this in the bathroom and am not sure if it is a queen or termite but it only had one wing and then shed it in the tube. Here's the pic:
http://imgur.com/kVptKdi
Also don't ask why its blue it was a lighting glitch.
Also it is about 5mm and found in riverside CA
Ant or termite
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dinoman9877
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Re: Ant or termite
I'm almost sure that's an ant. Termite's have much bigger heads and the thorax isn't as round. But I could be wrong.
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Batspiderfish
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Re: Ant or termite
Is the measurement accurate?
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Theantguy13
Re: Ant or termite
Also if it helps any she seems like a pretty decent climber but falls occasionally.
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Re: Ant or termite
It's a queen. no Idea what species. I can tell that it is an ant because it has a thorax and it has bent antennas. termites have straight antennas. look up a picture of a termite queen. pretty crazy.Theantguy13 wrote:Its either 4 or 5 but ya.
Is this a queen?
Also what spp.?
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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
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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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