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Started By yfaykya , Aug 30 2020 11:41 PM

Best Answer Antkid12 , August 31 2020 - 4:47 AM

Looks like a formica fusca group queen. My guess is Formica lemani.

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#1 Offline yfaykya - Posted August 30 2020 - 11:41 PM

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Ignore the pupae. I added as I thought might be a parasitic lasius. I want to make sure it is not something like Liometopum microcephalum.

Caught a couple weeks ago during a lasius niger/flavus flight.

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#2 Offline Antkid12 - Posted August 31 2020 - 4:47 AM Best Answer

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Looks like a formica fusca group queen. My guess is Formica lemani.

Edited by Antkid12, August 31 2020 - 4:58 AM.

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!

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: ~~Pheidole morrisii~~

#3 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 31 2020 - 6:26 AM

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Likely Formica lemani. Nice find!

Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies.

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant).