Owing to a magical combination of travel and norovirus, I missed the Monday Mystery. To make it up to you, here’s an ant for you to identify:
I won’t award any points for our belated ant challenge, but you should feel free to bask smugly in the knowledge of your myrmecological acumen.
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I’m going to guess Tetramorium and get back to work!
Indeed! But which Tetramorium?
Tetramorium lanuginosum?
Cool, a Tetramorium. Despite that it is not possible to count antennal segments or see the shape of the waist segments, I would guess it is a member of the T. caespitum group. The head shape, weaker frontal carinae, and short propodeal spines lead me to guess T. cf. caespitum (or sp. E).
I’m running with Tetramorium tsushimae because that’s the ID in Alex’s picture…
Ha, quite observant!
I feel so much smarter, just being AROUND you guys on this blog!