Hi all. Just catched those small colonyes under stone.
Someone have idea about specie?
the top pic is Pheidole pallidula
I dont think they are pallidula.. i have pallidula and mine are much much darker!
Remember you cannot identify palidula by color ! , it has not that same colour everywhere , pallidula is specific , its color depends on locality - somewhere dark brown , elsewhere light brown , orange-brown up to yellow etc...
Perhaps the colony on top pic have mostly yang workers.
they can get darker at next, but i'm not sure.
i had look in ants israel list, there are also pheidole sinaitica, very bright specie.
and what about second pic?
i don't know about the second one there majors are different
yes, head are longer and darker, abdomen are darker too.
that's all what possible to see on such quility..
Here is someone professional macrophotografier?
i have many unidentified species.
I think both are Pheidole species but i can not say which one.
Hmm, what means that you think?
Aren't you sure here is only pheidole spec.?
it is Pheidole , you can try this ... from ant checklist of Israel , but I think it is not pallidula
Pheidole jordanica
Pheidole pallidula
Pheidole sinaitica
Pheidole teneriffana