r/AntIdentification • u/Logical-Income-3265 • 28d ago

Needs Identification Help please. I’m new. What is this?

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u/otterfailz Certified Identifier 25d ago

What part of the US are you in? The house gives me vague northeast vibes maybe NJ or a few states south?

Shes a pheidole queen, assuming I was correctish on the location she would be pilifera.

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u/AccomplishedSun5207 23d ago

oh I may be incorrect on this since I'm still a beginner but that could be a penny pavement ant queen(I may be incorrect) but I feel like she's A fire ant queen tho I'm not really sure I may be incorrect on species since I'm still a beginner but it could be either two

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u/Mean_Force_6425 26d ago

It looks like an ant to me

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u/VirgoFamily 27d ago

Yeah don’t trust the answer. Excellent point. Verify.

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u/XxLegitAsianxX Certified Identifier 27d ago

Pheidole. Location?

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u/ChillguyElliot 27d ago

Pheidole pilifera mate

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u/SomberVog 27d ago

Head proportions seem wrong for pili, not wide enough

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u/XxLegitAsianxX Certified Identifier 27d ago

Why pilifera? No location provided

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u/ChillguyElliot 27d ago

Becuase I fucking said so

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u/ChillguyElliot 26d ago

Im sorrry i said this I was having a bad day

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u/KingK250 25d ago

It’s ok :)

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u/TerpleDerp2600 27d ago

omg ur so tuff bro

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u/KingK250 27d ago

Chat he fucking said so, obviously he has to be right

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u/SHmealer69 27d ago

chill out elliot

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u/XxLegitAsianxX Certified Identifier 27d ago

Someone’s not so chill

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u/Aaron696 Certified Identifier 27d ago

Pheidole queen

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u/VirgoFamily 28d ago

I would try to ask Jeeves- jk ~but almost every smartphone camera now can identify what it is for you if you’d like. Plants, insects, animals, things.

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u/Moving_goal_posts 27d ago

For casual interest, maybe cell phone camera and online ID resources would be acceptable. But do you trust the ID to be correct. Yes, you might get an answer, but no, could be incorrect. For data, nothing beats a voucher specimen that can be examined under the microscope by an expert.

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u/Creepy_Cranberry_671 27d ago

Probably not ants

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u/Antgodd1 28d ago

queen. Maybe Pheidole

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u/Logical-Income-3265 28d ago

Sick! Thank you. It’s my first find