Search results for: “pheidole obscurithorax”
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Pheidole obscurithorax and Pheidole parva: Let the Big Girls Play
Pheidole obscurithorax is the largest Pheidole species in Florida, whereas Pheidole parva is one of the smaller exotic species that is new to the area. Whereas the majors of P. obscurithorax can have total lengths of more than 6 mm and head widths of more than 1.7 mm, the tinier P. parva majors have head…
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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