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Answered Camponotus or Colobopsis yogi ID [Chaney Trail, Altadena CA 1-28-2018] Started by nurbs , Jan 29 2018 1 2 3	54 replies 9,822 Views	nurbs Oct 17 2021
Answered Huntington Beach Formica 9/29/19 Started by NickAnter , Sep 29 2019 1 2 3	41 replies 3,525 Views	NickAnter Jan 25 2020
Answered What kind of ant is this? And is it a queen? Started by Cblake113 , Mar 10 2020 1 2 3	40 replies 2,269 Views	ponerinecat Mar 15 2020
Answered Queen ant ID request + Other maybe Queen 20 May 2018 Go To Second Page Started by DrygonKing , May 20 2018 ant id request, ant id and 1 more... 1 2	37 replies 4,286 Views	DrygonKing May 24 2018
Answered Pheidole sp. ID (Chino HIlls, CA) (1-15-15) Started by kellakk , Jan 15 2015 1 2	35 replies 3,585 Views	dspdrew Jan 31 2015
Answered ID request // Garden Grove, CA Started by MissLiz , Mar 8 2017 1 2	35 replies 2,966 Views	SoySauce Apr 2 2017
Answered Not Temnothorax ambiguus? Catsnants - Jasper IN (8-30-2020) - Possibly an undescribed species Started by CatsnAnts , Aug 30 2020 1 2	35 replies 3,408 Views	antperson24 Feb 9 2023
Answered Queen ant Started by Will230145 , Feb 9 2018 1 2	34 replies 1,955 Views	Jadeninja9 Feb 10 2018
Answered Queen Ant ID (Pogonomyrmex maricopa) (Blythe, California) (9-17-2017) Started by dspdrew , Sep 17 2017 pogonomyrmex, ant id, dspdrew and 2 more... 1 2	33 replies 6,970 Views	Kaelwizard Nov 16 2018
Answered Queen ID Athens, Ga. 7-22-15 Started by ohhhhh , Jul 22 2015 1 2	30 replies 3,367 Views	ohhhhh Jul 25 2015
Answered I found this ant on our property today Started by Bcam43 , Mar 18 2016 1 2	29 replies 4,353 Views	Alza Apr 3 2016
Answered Camponotus Pennsylvanicus queen? Maybe other Camponotus sp.? Started by MinigunL5 , May 23 2020 1 2	29 replies 1,453 Views	MinigunL5 May 23 2020
Answered What ant is this? Started by DaAnt , Jul 2 2021 1 2	28 replies 1,445 Views	ponerinecat Jul 6 2021
Answered Small black ants - Yucatan, Mexico - September 2017 Started by rbaezam , Sep 21 2017 1 2	27 replies 3,702 Views	rbaezam Aug 18 2018
Answered Help Identifying Queen Started by Froggy , May 22 2020 1 2	27 replies 2,026 Views	gcsnelling May 27 2020
Answered Virginia Beach, Va, USA (10/23/16) Started by SummysAnts , Oct 23 2016 virginia, ant id, usa, ants and 1 more... 1 2	26 replies 5,580 Views	Batspiderfish Jan 11 2017
Answered Lasius ID Question Started by rptraut , Sep 8 2022 1 2	26 replies 1,834 Views	PurdueEntomology Mar 23 2023
Answered 3 queens to ID Started by gsparrow , Apr 20 2024 1 2	26 replies 1,026 Views	The_Gaming-gate Apr 23 2024
Answered Placerita Cyn, CA - 4/7/2015 Started by PTAntFan , Apr 7 2015 1 2	25 replies 2,799 Views	dspdrew Apr 11 2015
Answered Multiple Queen IDs, San Francisco, CA 4/13/2018 Started by sericultivist , Apr 13 2018 formica, camponotus, california and 2 more... 1 2	25 replies 4,970 Views	sericultivist Apr 18 2018
Answered Found in virginia on 4/6/2020 Started by Cblake113 , Apr 7 2020 1 2	25 replies 1,425 Views	TennesseeAnts May 5 2020
Answered Dorymyrmex insanus identified! Started by Foogoo , Nov 27 2014 1 2	24 replies 3,932 Views	James C. Trager Dec 1 2014
Answered ID My 2 Queens? (State College PA) Started by Works4TheGood , Jul 31 2015 identification, ant, queen 1 2	24 replies 5,639 Views	Works4TheGood Aug 17 2015
Answered ID please . any ideas Started by StayLoki , Mar 1 2018 1 2	24 replies 2,289 Views	StayLoki May 3 2018
Answered ID Request 6/24/19 San Carlos, CA Started by Jadeninja9 , Jun 24 2019 1 2	23 replies 2,475 Views	PacificNorthWestern Jun 27 2019
Answered Fully claustral queen ID (4/26/21) Started by AntsLA-1 , Apr 26 2021 1 2	23 replies 1,734 Views	AntsLA-1 May 8 2021
Answered 2 More Queens to ID - State College, PA - 8/15/15 Started by Works4TheGood , Aug 15 2015 1 2	22 replies 2,892 Views	Works4TheGood Aug 24 2015
Answered ID Australian Queen Started by Bcam43 , Jan 9 2016 1 2	22 replies 3,681 Views	antmaniac Jan 12 2016
Answered Honey colored CA. queen Started by BADANT , Jul 24 2019 1 2	22 replies 2,229 Views	ariaant Jul 28 2019
Answered Ant queen(maybe) that needs identification(Worchester, MA: May 5th) Started by MinigunL5 , May 5 2020 1 2	22 replies 1,192 Views	TennesseeAnts May 6 2020