Crematogaster?

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TheTVMan
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Crematogaster?

Post: # 97623Post TheTVMan
Mon Dec 12, 2022 9:36 pm

What type of ant queen is this?
Caught this in the philippines yesterday. The head and thorax are dark red, while the abdomen is black. The abdomen has a tip at the end. Size is 10 mm or less. I think i caught a crematogaster queen, though im not sure.

https://i.imgur.com/1vUVsxu.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/yBfraoQ.jpg
Queens:
• 2 Nylanderia sp. queens
• 1 Pheidole parva queens
• 1 Crematogaster crassicornis??? queen
. 1 Crematogaster sp. queen

Colonies:
• Solenopsis geminata :twisted:

Dead colonies:
• 2 pheidole parva experiment :cry:

SYUTEO
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Re: Crematogaster?

Post: # 97633Post SYUTEO
Tue Dec 13, 2022 7:38 am

She is indeed a Crematogaster queen.

TheTVMan
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Re: Crematogaster?

Post: # 97635Post TheTVMan
Tue Dec 13, 2022 8:49 am

SYUTEO wrote:
Tue Dec 13, 2022 7:38 am
She is indeed a Crematogaster queen.
Thanks!
Queens:
• 2 Nylanderia sp. queens
• 1 Pheidole parva queens
• 1 Crematogaster crassicornis??? queen
. 1 Crematogaster sp. queen

Colonies:
• Solenopsis geminata :twisted:

Dead colonies:
• 2 pheidole parva experiment :cry:

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