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Started By WSantkeeper , Mar 30 2021 6:48 PM
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#1 Offline WSantkeeper - Posted March 30 2021 - 6:48 PM

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The queen is about 3-4 millimeters long, and was caught 3/30/2021, on a sunny day(I can't say its hot) near a Lasius nest with workers nearby. There was no ants that looked similar to it present there. 
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Queens I keep:

 

Camponotus sp.

Formica sp.

Unknown queen ant sp.

1 parasitic Formica queen!

 

 

#2 Offline NickAnter - Posted March 30 2021 - 7:51 PM

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All you can get from these images is that it is an ant. Better pictures will be needed to get genus and species ID.


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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). 

#3 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted March 31 2021 - 6:17 AM

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and this is an ac test tube that can very easily get very scratched up


1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#4 Offline Manitobant - Posted March 31 2021 - 7:18 AM

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Those pictures are horrible no offense. Get better pics and it'll be easier to ID
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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/

#5 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted March 31 2021 - 7:21 AM

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It isn’t Lasius or any large species but that’s about all I can tell you.

#6 Offline Manitobant - Posted March 31 2021 - 7:29 AM

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I'm gonna make a guess here and say its temnothorax. In the second photo you can see petiole nodes, and it’s clearly a fully claustral myrmicine. The size also fits with Temnothorax. It could also be tetramorium immigrans, though the flight time is a little off, or even pheidole, though the head size seems a little small.
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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/

#7 Offline WSantkeeper - Posted March 31 2021 - 7:48 AM

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okay I'm gonna try to get the queen out and then take a pic.


Queens I keep:

 

Camponotus sp.

Formica sp.

Unknown queen ant sp.

1 parasitic Formica queen!

 

 

#8 Offline WSantkeeper - Posted July 22 2021 - 10:17 AM

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A couple months later....

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Queens I keep:

 

Camponotus sp.

Formica sp.

Unknown queen ant sp.

1 parasitic Formica queen!

 

 

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