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[anthouse]

Hi all. Just catched those small colonyes under stone.
Someone have idea about specie?

[gabranth]

the top pic is Pheidole pallidula

[SteveUK28]

I dont think they are pallidula.. i have pallidula and mine are much much darker!

[gabranth]

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...

[anthouse]

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?

[gabranth]

i don't know about the second one there majors are different

[anthouse]

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.

[JimmyVe]

I think both are Pheidole species but i can not say which one.

[anthouse]

Hmm, what means that you think?
Aren't you sure here is only pheidole spec.?

[Skippy]

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