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#1 Offline LiMike - Posted September 6 2020 - 4:45 PM

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Hi Guys, I caught this queen about a month or so ago. It was wile Tetramorium queens were flying. I figured she was Tetramorium. I was feeding my queens today and noticed a little mold by the cotton in this queens setup. she currently has about 10 workers with a bunch of eggs and brood. when I was setting up the test-tube transfer I noticed her workers were much bigger then the tetramorium that were also caught around the same time. On closer inspection I noticed her Gaster was tucked under more and definitely different color. I'm sorry for there bad pics and understand if you can determine what species she is. The test-tube that I transferred her into has been used in the past so it has some scratches on it. I figured I would try and get a pic before the workers join her and the pic then would be almost impossible.

Thank you for your help!!

 

 

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#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted September 6 2020 - 4:50 PM

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Aphaenogaster sp, most likely aphaenogaster picea.
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#3 Offline LiMike - Posted September 6 2020 - 4:59 PM

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Aphaenogaster sp, most likely aphaenogaster picea.

Hey Manitobant, Yes looks to be her!! Thank you very much for your help with this!! I really do appreciate it!!!


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#4 Offline CheetoLord02 - Posted September 6 2020 - 6:02 PM

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I disagree. This is A. rudis, not picea.


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