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Sargentnoid
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Found a queen in a acorn can yall ID?

Post: # 37525Post Sargentnoid
Tue Jun 12, 2018 7:56 pm

Found this queen when I cracked open a acorn. Sorry for the poor photos it's hard to photograph a black ant (I need a better camera). found in central Arkansas

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Re: Found a queen in a acorn can yall ID?

Post: # 37529Post TheRealAntMan
Tue Jun 12, 2018 8:09 pm

Crematogater Sp.
An ants' strength can be rivaled by few animals compared to relative body size.
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Re: Found a queen in a acorn can yall ID?

Post: # 37807Post antnest8
Fri Jun 15, 2018 5:23 am

What!? crematogaster live in acorns too!

Thats now temnotharax, tapinoma, and crematogaster
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Re: Found a queen in a acorn can yall ID?

Post: # 37815Post Sargentnoid
Fri Jun 15, 2018 9:38 am

Ya not sure how long she could have stayed in there it was a tiny pin oak acorn she couldn't even stretch out straight.
Also think I just found another queen of the same type this morning
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Re: Found a queen in a acorn can yall ID?

Post: # 37820Post antnest8
Fri Jun 15, 2018 10:15 am

I think its
Crematogaster lineolata
or Crematogaster cerasi
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Re: Found a queen in a acorn can yall ID?

Post: # 37840Post AntsDakota
Fri Jun 15, 2018 1:18 pm

antnest8 wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 15, 2018 10:15 am
 I think its
Crematogaster lineolata
or Crematogaster cerasi
Both and only those 2 species live in South Dakota. What a coincidence.
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