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Ant id Va wooded area

Started By KitsAntVa , Aug 13 2020 3:06 PM

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#1 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted August 13 2020 - 3:06 PM

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Found seven of these queens today I believe one or two are mated and am looking for an Id
Caught 6:50
Metallic black
Definitely a queen
Mating flight was today
Just rained an hour before.

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#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted August 13 2020 - 3:07 PM

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Camponotus sp, probably subgenus myrmentoma.

My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#3 Online RushmoreAnts - Posted August 13 2020 - 4:10 PM

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Camponotus sp, probably subgenus myrmentoma.

I second this.

"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

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#4 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted August 13 2020 - 4:11 PM

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Thank you I’m thinking it’s a camponotus species that fly’s early but they had their flight late maybe I just wanna know which type they are at this point I’ve already got them in test tubes with a heating mat

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#5 Offline Antkid12 - Posted August 14 2020 - 6:57 AM

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Probably Camponotus nearcticus.

Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, ~~Brachymyrmex sp.~~ possibly infertile , Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!