Search results for: “pheidole obscurithorax”
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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…
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Pheidole confrontation!
This morning, I witnessed Pheidole megacephala workers massing around the nest of a Pheidole obscurithorax colony. The P. megacephala minors were huddling under debris and threatening the P. obscurithorax majors that confronted them. A few P. obscurithorax soldiers got too close and ended up being restrained by the P. megacephala minors, although the soldiers are…
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Pheidole bilimeki: Orangey Townie
Thanks to Doug Booher for suggestion as to species. I found a tiny (soldiers 2 mm length) Pheidole species living in the greened middle islands of a central Florida town’s downtown, and at first I thought it was Pheidole parva. But after looking at macro shots of the workers and soldiers, I had to admit…
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Mapping Pheidole megacephala cluster boundaries
I discovered a Pheidole megacephala cluster in a gated community here in Central Florida. It’s centered around the community’s town center, and I have been busy the last few days figuring out the boundaries of the colony. The species is unicolonial, and unlike most other ant species, it can therefore persist in a single location…
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Pheidole Species Listing
List of species in website: Pheidole adrianoiPheidole bilimekiPheidole dentataPheidole megacephalaPheidole obscurithoraxPheidole parva