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Are any of these queens?


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#1 Offline Mr_Lonely - Posted June 6 2020 - 11:30 AM

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I'm new to ant keeping and I recently Caught some rather large ants the smallest being 1cm / 0.5ā€ to 2 cm / 1ā€. Iā€™m really doubtful any of them are queens, but still wanted to check just to be sure. They were all caught around 2:00 pm on June 6th. The first one was caught on a trail by a river and all the others were caught on the sidewalk of a street close to that river. They were al caught in Mississauga, Canada (close to Toronto). My little brother is rather hopeful of them being queens, thanks.

 

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#2 Offline VoidElecent - Posted June 6 2020 - 11:32 AM

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Camponotus pennsylvanicus major worker.


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#3 Offline Mr_Lonely - Posted June 6 2020 - 11:46 AM

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All of them?



#4 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted June 6 2020 - 12:06 PM

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None of those are queens. Queens tend to be a lot bulkier than that; once you've seen a couple yourself, you'll know exactly what is and isn't a queen.


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Currently keeping:

 

Tetramorium immigrans, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Myrmica punctiventris, Formica subsericea

Formica pallidefulva, Aphaeogaster cf. rudis

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus nearcticus

Crematogaster cerasi

Temnothorax ambiguus

Prenolepis imparis


#5 Offline Mr_Lonely - Posted June 6 2020 - 12:21 PM

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Okay, thanks for the response!


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#6 Offline ponerinecat - Posted June 6 2020 - 2:07 PM

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yeah none are queens, those tend to me much bulkier, have wing scars, and larger sizes on all body  parts.


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