Can someone please identify this species?
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Can someone please identify this species?
I recently caught this Queen. She looks beautiful and healthy but I don’t know her species. She is dark red and black and she is around 8mm long. She was caught a few hours before midnight at around 10 or 11 pm. She has a rectangular thorax. So I was thinking either crematogaster or solenopsis.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kvWNKmRXpP6vqVpP8r0T_1miwnxodN4Z/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kvWNKmRXpP6vqVpP8r0T_1miwnxodN4Z/view?usp=drivesdk
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Wait nevermind, it is a triangular thorax. So it is probably a pheidole species, but can someone check?
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Re: Can someone please identify this species?
Can you give us a more closeup photo of her. I think she is solenopsis invicta
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Pls just let me have a tetramorium colony
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Re: Can someone please identify this species?
Invicta or similar species, 100%Antloverhuman wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:10 amCan you give us a more closeup photo of her. I think she is solenopsis invicta
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xXj8B3hctT9qCFAfLfp9icdDXzvrzTB3/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C4CEw2jPQw1PW1GFDhuz2oX3ODC9dTYJ/view?usp=drivesdk
These are the best quality I could take, I’m sorry about that. But I hope this is enough, also I think it is invicta too.
Also, these pictures are from last year but they are the same species so this might help:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RdUkFFB7MldMhe2HCsu7S1AEegk19uXg/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vhymc8-hSte65pJNhLWQEvaCPJQLCNx7/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C4CEw2jPQw1PW1GFDhuz2oX3ODC9dTYJ/view?usp=drivesdk
These are the best quality I could take, I’m sorry about that. But I hope this is enough, also I think it is invicta too.
Also, these pictures are from last year but they are the same species so this might help:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RdUkFFB7MldMhe2HCsu7S1AEegk19uXg/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vhymc8-hSte65pJNhLWQEvaCPJQLCNx7/view?usp=drivesdk
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Yes, these are Solenopsis invicta. Painful sting, especially the majors.Roshasaur wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 4:03 pmhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1xXj8B3hctT9qCFAfLfp9icdDXzvrzTB3/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C4CEw2jPQw1PW1GFDhuz2oX3ODC9dTYJ/view?usp=drivesdk
These are the best quality I could take, I’m sorry about that. But I hope this is enough, also I think it is invicta too.
Also, these pictures are from last year but they are the same species so this might help:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RdUkFFB7MldMhe2HCsu7S1AEegk19uXg/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vhymc8-hSte65pJNhLWQEvaCPJQLCNx7/view?usp=drivesdk
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Are Queen stings the most painful? Cuz queen stingers look the longest from AntsCanada queen laying an egg vid.
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I have never picked up a invicta queen. Now, stinge length compared to body length? I doubt it. I think the ratio is similar for all workers, queeens, and majors. I doubt queens would waste energy on producing venom when they need to lay eggs and feed brood.
If you think a queens stinger is long, check out velvet ants stingers.
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What time of day do fire ants have their nuptial flights?
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Around 3-5PM. Their flights are kind of dwindling right now, so you can’t catch 100s a day. You do know fire ants are illegal to sell or release, correct?
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