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Can you help ID this queen

Started By windedbread , Jun 10 2020 3:48 PM

Best Answer TennesseeAnts , June 10 2020 - 4:02 PM

Formica fusca-group queen. Nice find! Go to the full post

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#21 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted June 18 2020 - 6:43 AM

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F. podzolica also looks like F. subsericea and argentea. F. argentea have longer antennae than the other 2 I believe.
The scapes of F. subsericea reach farther past the posterior margin of the head than either F. podzolica or F. argentea.

I barely know how to ID unless I have seen that species before, but thanks because now I know how to tell if it is F. subsericea or the other two.