Are these the same species or different? So curious why some are different colors and have wings
They are flying literally right now!! Haha ^_^ I saw prolly 40 at least 0_0
Impressively large for Myrmecocystus and workers could vary a lot in size. A nest entrance was not found, unfortunately.
Caught two queens and found a swarm of ants with males at the entrance of their nest in another spot.
Weather: Sunny and 60 degrees. Notes: Disturbed this large ant mount a little in order to draw some ants out for photography.
Alates heading out! I don't know if they flew that day, I only saw them rehearse.
Queen holding her leg when preserved. Caught with black light trap.
Not confident of identification, but hard-pressed to find anything else similar.