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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Myrmicinae » Attini » Big-headed Ants (Pheidole)

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Copyright © 2008 Q-tip

Red Wasp? - Pheidole

Plano, Collin County, Texas, USA
July 8, 2008
Size: 1 1/4 inch

I do not know what this is?

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Contributed by Q-tip on 8 July, 2008 - 8:18am
Last updated 8 April, 2020 - 8:44pm

Moved

Plano seems like a stretch for this species. I could believe it though, since a lot of the habitat near Dallas seems like an extension of Hill Country (where there are still pockets of geminata), with a lot of shared ant species. However, this just doesn't look like a Solenopsis to me but a Pheidole queen.

Moved from Solenopsis geminata.

… Steven Wang, 8 April, 2020 - 8:44pm

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Moved

Moved from Ants.

… Charley Eiseman, 3 April, 2010 - 9:11am

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Myrmicinae: Solenopsis

I'm with MrILTA on the measurements. This is Solenopsis geminata, the tropical fire ant, considered native in southern Texas. Winged females measure 9-11 mm in body length.

… James C. Trager, 1 April, 2010 - 5:49pm

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I question your measurement o

I question your measurement of the ant. 1 and 1/4th inch seems huge but fits a Camponouts. This doesn't look like a Camponotus though. I want to say you meant something closer to 1cm or half an inch and it's a Pheidole or Solenopsis. Could be a few others but I need a better view.

… MrILoveTheAnts, 8 July, 2008 - 5:14pm

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a winged ant

sorry i couldn't be more specific

… v belov, 8 July, 2008 - 8:36am

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Really (surprised) ?

Really (surprised) ?

… Q-tip, 8 July, 2008 - 8:46am

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why???

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… v belov, 8 July, 2008 - 8:47am

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It is soo large and the red s

It is soo large and the red strips around the abdomen

… Q-tip, 8 July, 2008 - 8:52am

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these are not pigmented bands,

rather thicker parts of abdominal skeleton; thinner segment margins are exposed as lighter bands 'cuz she's carrying a hefty load of eggs that make her belly stretch

… v belov, 8 July, 2008 - 8:57am

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Thank you V. Thank you for sh

Thank you V. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

… Q-tip, 8 July, 2008 - 9:13am

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