is this solenopsis invicta or geminata?

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texmaspro
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is this solenopsis invicta or geminata?

Post: # 78551Post texmaspro
Tue Jun 15, 2021 8:20 am

hello everyone i caught a colony of solenopsis sp. with a queen brood and workers but im not sure if they are solenopsis invicta or geminata because solenopsis invicta is invasive and solenopsis geminata is native ill attach some photos later
colonies:
camponotus atriceps

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Re: is this solenopsis invicta or geminata?

Post: # 78563Post 4804344350
Tue Jun 15, 2021 2:22 pm

I need a photo but something I use my self is that Invicta queens have red jaws and geminata queens have black jaws

texmaspro
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Re: is this solenopsis invicta or geminata?

Post: # 78592Post texmaspro
Wed Jun 16, 2021 8:29 am

ok its hard to take the photo because when i caught them they were in the dirt so i also scooped up the dirt and they have made a nest with a lot of tunnels but ill send photo today :)
colonies:
camponotus atriceps

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Re: is this solenopsis invicta or geminata?

Post: # 78593Post texmaspro
Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:02 am

and i have to say that looking for the queen in their settiup is really a challenge she is really well hidden, you have to destroy the whole nest to find her, but i can send a photo of the workers
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camponotus atriceps

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Re: is this solenopsis invicta or geminata?

Post: # 78594Post 4804344350
Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:48 am

It works with the workers to

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Re: is this solenopsis invicta or geminata?

Post: # 78595Post texmaspro
Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:46 am

ok and by the way i checked their settup and there is a plant growing there!
colonies:
camponotus atriceps

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Re: is this solenopsis invicta or geminata?

Post: # 78608Post texmaspro
Thu Jun 17, 2021 9:16 am

hello there, there are some white things growing in the dirt of my ants are they harmful? what should i do? shall i move them ?
colonies:
camponotus atriceps

texmaspro
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Re: is this solenopsis invicta or geminata?

Post: # 78612Post texmaspro
Thu Jun 17, 2021 9:43 am

i think it is a saprophytic fungus so it may not be harmful
colonies:
camponotus atriceps

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Re: is this solenopsis invicta or geminata?

Post: # 78698Post texmaspro
Sun Jun 20, 2021 11:04 am

hello my ant colony has been identified as solenopsis invicta sorry if i couldnt send a photo it was difficult but thank you for your tip it helped me alot
colonies:
camponotus atriceps

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Re: is this solenopsis invicta or geminata?

Post: # 78777Post texmaspro
Tue Jun 22, 2021 8:00 am

also i caught 5 solenopsis invicta queens
colonies:
camponotus atriceps

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