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Tiny queen ant! What species is she?
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 6:45 pm
by ChocolateMilk
I found this queen ant under a tiny part of a stick today (7/19/17) at 5:45 PM. She is pure black and she is 3-4 mm. She was found in southern Louisiana.
Pics:
http://imgur.com/XKQF7Ri
http://imgur.com/d9uiLzE
Re: Tiny queen ant! What species is she?
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:00 pm
by Batspiderfish
Monomorium sp.
Re: Tiny queen ant! What species is she?
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:08 pm
by ChocolateMilk
Thanks
Re: Tiny queen ant! What species is she?
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 7:57 am
by tiger01vincent
Wow, cool ant queen! How tiny she is! How did you manage to see her in the grass/dirt?
Re: Tiny queen ant! What species is she?
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 12:33 pm
by ChocolateMilk
tiger01vincent wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2017 7:57 am
Wow, cool ant queen! How tiny she is! How did you manage to see her in the grass/dirt?
I found her while I was flipping over sticks and bricks. This is how I usually look for queens now. I also found a Crematogaster atkinsoni queen under a brick a while ago. I know you probably don't care, but my Crematogaster atkinsoni colony got invaded by maggots. Thank god the queen is still alive.
Re: Tiny queen ant! What species is she?
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 12:58 pm
by tiger01vincent
ChocolateMilk wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2017 12:33 pm
tiger01vincent wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2017 7:57 am
Wow, cool ant queen! How tiny she is! How did you manage to see her in the grass/dirt?
I found her while I was flipping over sticks and bricks. This is how I usually look for queens now. I also found a Crematogaster atkinsoni queen under a brick a while ago. I know you probably don't care, but my Crematogaster atkinsoni colony got invaded by maggots. Thank god the queen is still alive.
Oh geez, sounds awefull!!!!!
Re: Tiny queen ant! What species is she?
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 2:22 pm
by ChocolateMilk
tiger01vincent wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2017 12:58 pm
ChocolateMilk wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2017 12:33 pm
tiger01vincent wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2017 7:57 am
Wow, cool ant queen! How tiny she is! How did you manage to see her in the grass/dirt?
I found her while I was flipping over sticks and bricks. This is how I usually look for queens now. I also found a Crematogaster atkinsoni queen under a brick a while ago. I know you probably don't care, but my Crematogaster atkinsoni colony got invaded by maggots. Thank god the queen is still alive.
Oh geez, sounds awefull!!!!!
She's fine now
! She started laying eggs again!
Re: Tiny queen ant! What species is she?
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 2:28 pm
by tiger01vincent
OOh, lucky!
GL
Re: Tiny queen ant! What species is she?
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:13 pm
by AntsDakota
Monomorium minimum, most likely. M minimum is the most common Monomorium species in the U.S. of that color. Monomorium pharonis, such as AntsCanada's Tombraiders, are a different color, yet just as common.