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Is this tetramorium or phedole
Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 9:45 am
by Dearth335
Re: Is this tetramorium or phedole
Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 9:48 am
by idahoantgirl
Not tetramorium. Something else...
Re: Is this tetramorium or phedole
Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 6:27 pm
by Dearth335
Let me know if you need better image quality. I will try to get better images.
Re: Is this tetramorium or phedole
Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 6:56 pm
by Idahoantguy
Yea tetramorium workers aren’t really that red
Re: Is this tetramorium or phedole
Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 7:25 pm
by Batspiderfish
I wouldn't make a guess just based on coloration, but I can hardly see the ants.
Re: Is this tetramorium or phedole
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 10:43 pm
by Dearth335
Idahoantguy wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2017 6:56 pm
Yea tetramorium workers aren’t really that red
I'll take new images; those workers are a month old BTW.
Re: Is this tetramorium or phedole
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 10:45 pm
by Idahoantguy
Batspiderfish wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2017 7:25 pm
I wouldn't make a guess just based on coloration, but I can hardly see the ants.
Yea you’re right, the ones I have though are like jet black, a completely different color. Although it could be a different species...
Better pictures of the queen would be good, but she does look like tetramorium.
Re: Is this tetramorium or phedole
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2017 9:07 am
by AntsOntario
Dearth335 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2017 9:45 am
I assume this queen is a
Tetramorium but i just want to make sure, also she has workers for comparison.
sorry about the fuzzy image quality
I'd say pheidole since the queen's head is so large. Perhaps Pheidole Pallidula.
Once (if) they produce majors, (huge heads), that'll narrow down the options.