Small desert workers ID

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BleedingRaindrops
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Small desert workers ID

Post: # 35587Post BleedingRaindrops
Wed May 02, 2018 1:22 pm

Another colony I discovered in the dry rocky Mojave desert, harvesting a crushed m&m.
http://imgur.com/gallery/lqzKuN9
They are 2-3mm long and have a surprisingly painful bite. It's far from unbearable but I didn't expect to feel pain at all. Very interesting.
They are also very fast, making clear photos difficult.
Any ideas on the genus? Maybe even a species?
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Nylanderia sp.
Camponotus sp.
Paratrechina Longicornis
Pheidole sp.

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Re: Small desert workers ID

Post: # 35598Post antnest8
Thu May 03, 2018 5:32 am

it could my myrmocostus
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Re: Small desert workers ID

Post: # 35609Post BleedingRaindrops
Thu May 03, 2018 1:25 pm

I think you might be right. That's really cool. I don't think they're truly honeypot ants but being in the same genus is cool.
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Camponotus sp.
Paratrechina Longicornis
Pheidole sp.

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Re: Small desert workers ID

Post: # 35614Post antnest8
Thu May 03, 2018 2:41 pm

It would all depend on size but considering the size of the m&m they must be about 2-3 mm
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Re: Small desert workers ID

Post: # 35615Post antnest8
Thu May 03, 2018 2:47 pm

Definitely Myrmecocystus
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Re: Small desert workers ID

Post: # 35624Post 123LordOfAnts123
Fri May 04, 2018 12:49 am

This is Dorymyrmex, possibly D. bicolor.

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