Identify this queen!!

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carsonman99

Identify this queen!!

Post: # 22567Post carsonman99
Thu Jun 08, 2017 11:23 am

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Size: 3mm?
Colony size: 1 queen 2 workers 1 larvae. (Laid 3 eggs overnight)
Location: mooresville Indiana (United States)
Color: reddish

This is probably the coolest ant I've ever seen aside from honeypot ants and I would love to know her species

carsonman99

Re: Identify this queen!!

Post: # 22568Post carsonman99
Thu Jun 08, 2017 11:24 am

Adding to the description she was dug up with a fairly large mound of dirt above her chamber for only have around 3 or 4 workers.

Martialis
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Re: Identify this queen!!

Post: # 22577Post Martialis
Thu Jun 08, 2017 3:46 pm

Other photos? I'm thinking Dorymyrmex.
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123LordOfAnts123
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Re: Identify this queen!!

Post: # 22641Post 123LordOfAnts123
Fri Jun 09, 2017 9:17 pm

Formica sp.

3mm is obviously a bit off unless you've just discovered the world's smallest Formica species...

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