Pheidole

A pheidologist and his exploration of a hyperdiverse myrmicine clade

  • Pheidole obscurithorax invasion!

    I first saw these ants during one of my daily walks in our community here in Central Florida. I was pleasantly surprised by the find, mainly because most of the ants I had been seeing were the usual Solenopsis invicta, interspersed with the larger Camponotus that were always in danger of being stepped on as…