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What kind of ant is this? And is it a queen?

Started By Cblake113 , Mar 10 2020 5:30 AM

Best Answer rbarreto , March 11 2020 - 11:30 AM

This is a Lasius claviger queen Go to the full post


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#21 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 10 2020 - 4:28 PM

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yes


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#22 Offline Cblake113 - Posted March 10 2020 - 4:37 PM

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Thanks everyone for the great info! So will Camponotus make nest under ground or only in trees/wood?

#23 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 10 2020 - 5:05 PM

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They can make their nests anywhere any other ant could plus in damp wood.
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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#24 Offline Cblake113 - Posted March 10 2020 - 5:29 PM

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Awesome! Thank you!

#25 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted March 11 2020 - 10:39 AM

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oh yeah, and peitoles

Where are these located on an ant?


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#26 Offline rbarreto - Posted March 11 2020 - 11:30 AM   Best Answer

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This is a Lasius claviger queen
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#27 Offline Martialis - Posted March 11 2020 - 12:43 PM

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This is a Lasius claviger queen

Why do you say this?
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#28 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 11 2020 - 12:50 PM

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oh yeah, and peitoles

Where are these located on an ant?

 

the best way to explain is to show you the connecting tissue of an ant's thorax to it's gaster and then say look for the bump


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#29 Offline ponerinecat - Posted March 11 2020 - 1:04 PM

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oh yeah, and peitoles

Where are these located on an ant?

one of the main identifiers of an ant in general is the presence of the petiole, the little waist found in all ants. You don't identify ants by the petiole, but by the number and shape of the nodes on it. Myrmicines for example have a pair of ball shaped nodes and ponerines have a single tall node, often relatively large and as tall as the thorax and gaster.


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#30 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 11 2020 - 1:10 PM

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You can differentiate Lasius and Prenolepis via peitoles however


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#31 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 11 2020 - 1:54 PM

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oh yeah, and peitoles

Where are these located on an ant?
It’s the narrow ‘bridge’ between the thorax and abdomen. It’s where the spines (if any) are located.
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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#32 Offline ponerinecat - Posted March 11 2020 - 3:51 PM

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oh yeah, and peitoles

Where are these located on an ant?
It’s the narrow ‘bridge’ between the thorax and abdomen. It’s where the spines (if any) are located.

 

no, spines are common on the thorax as well


You can differentiate Lasius and Prenolepis via peitoles however

 

Yes, as well as the huge size difference and proportional differences. the petiolar difference is not necessary.


#33 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 11 2020 - 3:55 PM

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Although some spines are on the petiole, right?

"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#34 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 11 2020 - 3:56 PM

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some are


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#35 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 11 2020 - 3:57 PM

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That’s what I thought.

"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#36 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 11 2020 - 4:58 PM

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The book Ants of North America will help you ID queens FYI


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#37 Offline rbarreto - Posted March 11 2020 - 5:22 PM

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This is a Lasius claviger queen

Why do you say this?
Collection date, antennal clubs, relatively low pilosity and experience with claviger queens.

Edited by rbarreto, March 11 2020 - 5:23 PM.

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#38 Offline Broncos - Posted March 11 2020 - 6:54 PM

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Parasitic lasius


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#39 Offline Martialis - Posted March 15 2020 - 12:48 PM

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This is a Lasius claviger queen

Why do you say this?
Collection date, antennal clubs, relatively low pilosity and experience with claviger queens.

 

 

Looking back at them, it makes sense. Thanks


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#40 Offline Thunder_Birds - Posted March 15 2020 - 2:00 PM

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Wait...how do you do that “best answer” thing???


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