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[proto]

1. Location - Iceberg Lake mountainous region (GPS 50.179209, -123.023385), Whistler, BC, Canada
2. Collection Date - July 28, 2019
3. Habitat - under rock, mulchy soft ground, near marsh land and mountain
4. Length - 9-10mm
5. Coloration -  smooth and shiny, yellow legs, 
6. Dist Char - 1 petiole, 12/13 antennal segments
7. moves fast, founding polygyny, multiple queens found in a single colony, workers are aggressive and will bite
8. under a big rock 1ft diameter
9. n/a
10. Check album Queen #1 - https://photos.app.g...Kg5a9M4YtGoZSP6

Queen 2 and colony id request #3 in the same album are from the same location, lower on the mountain along a rocky path.  The yellow Lasius like ants were next the a black Lasius colony.  Any thoughts on what they are?

[rbarreto]

1 is formica sp.
2 is Lasius americanus
3 is Lasius brevicornis.

Hopefully I got those right

[proto]

I'd like to know more specifics to Queen #1 to which Formica it would be. It's definitely not F. podzollica as that's more of a city dweller grass ant.

[AntsBC]

The Formica queen appears to be Formica lasiodes, from the F. neogagates group.

Edited by AntsBC, August 14 2019 - 12:59 PM.

[proto]

What's the difference between F. lasoides and F. accreta? I was thinking it would be either of those.