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Formica Fusca queen? - North Holland, Netherlands / July 17

Started By FelixTheAnter , Jul 20 2021 12:50 AM

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#1 Offline FelixTheAnter - Posted July 20 2021 - 12:50 AM

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I saw this large black ant while I was collecting Lasius Niger queens. At first I thought she was a Camponotus Vagus worker, but her proportions seemed off, so I scooped her up. She was running over a sidewalk in a local park. Is this a Formica Fusca queen? Or something else?
Located in the north of the Netherlands, collected a few days ago. Last photo shows her size in comparison to a Lasius Niger queen, with L Niger being on the top of the photo.

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#2 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted July 20 2021 - 1:00 AM

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Lasius fuliginosus

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NickAnter and WSantkeeper like this

Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#3 Offline FelixTheAnter - Posted July 20 2021 - 1:20 AM

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Wow, that's awesome. It seems several people have had success starting these guys off with L. Niger pupae and workers. I'm excited to see what happens, will try following what was done on this thread:
https://www.formicul...rasite-wegmier/