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Possible hitch hiker from MN? - Pheidole - female
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Possible hitch hiker from MN? - Pheidole - Female
Palm City, Martin County, Florida, USA
October 4, 2019
I'm wondering if this girl was a stow away on some boxes that had been shipped to me from MN or simply flew into the house. The timing is suspect, but the species doesn't resemble anything from up north.

Reminds me of the Pheidole I've seen earlier in the year.

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Possible hitch hiker from MN? - Pheidole - female Possible hitch hiker from MN? - Pheidole - female
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Contributed by Tleilaxu on 4 October, 2019 - 8:46pm
Last updated 7 October, 2019 - 1:23pm

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… Steven Wang, 7 October, 2019 - 1:23pm login or register to post comments

 
So they snuck in when the box
So they snuck in when the boxes were on my porch, which makes sense given we now know the genus. Thanks.
… Tleilaxu, 7 October, 2019 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Yup
This is probably a queen of the widespread SE species P. dentata, but I'm not totally sure so I'm leaving it at genus.
… Steven Wang, 9 October, 2019 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Zuparko, 7 October, 2019 - 10:03am login or register to post comments

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