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Queen Ant ID (Lasius niger) (Ice House Canyon, Mt. Baldy, CA) (8-28-2014)

Started By dspdrew , Aug 28 2014 4:26 PM
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#1 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 28 2014 - 4:26 PM

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1. Location of collection:  Ice House Canyon, Mt. Baldy, California.
2. Date of collection:  8-27-2014.
3. Habitat of collection:  Pine/Oak Forest.
4. Length (from head to gaster):  9 mm.
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture:  Dark redish-brown, with a slightly lighter yellowish-brown gaster and legs.
6. Distinguishing characteristics: 
7. Anything else distinctive: Squirts formic acid from gaster (Formicinae).
8. Nest description:

 

 

 

 

 


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#2 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 28 2014 - 4:27 PM

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Some kind of Lasius I suppose.


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#3 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted August 28 2014 - 10:02 PM

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That wing scar looks painful...


#4 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted August 29 2014 - 1:10 PM

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That wing scar though. Looks to me like L. umbratus but not very sure of it.


#5 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 29 2014 - 1:47 PM

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James C. Trager think this is likely L. crypticus. I will find out for sure once I look at the antennal scapes under the microscope.

 

Edit: He now says he is quite sure it is Lasius niger after seeing a better picture of the scapes.


Edited by dspdrew, September 6 2014 - 3:17 PM.

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