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Started By Arachnids , Sep 2 2021 6:39 AM

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#1 Offline Arachnids - Posted September 2 2021 - 6:39 AM

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1. Boston, MA (Allston), evening on bottom of Asclepias spp. foliage.
2. 2021/08/21
3. Urban Front Yard
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Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (1) | Camponotus pennsylvanicus (6) | Lasius aphidicola (4) | |  Tapinoma sessile  (3) | Lasius spp. (niger group) (2)  

#2 Offline KadinB - Posted September 2 2021 - 6:41 AM

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Lasius sp


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#3 Offline PetsNotPests - Posted September 2 2021 - 6:45 AM

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Lasius sp. We will need better pics for a positive ID. Try going outside in the sun for better lighting. 


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Ants are Pets, not Pests. 

 

-Camponotus sansabeanus

-Camponotus US-CA02

-Camponotus vicinus

-Formica podzolica

-Monomorium spp.

-Pogonomyrmex californicus

-Solenopsis spp. 

 

#4 Offline Arachnids - Posted September 2 2021 - 7:14 AM

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Thank you both. I am happy with Lasius sp. as my ID. I will worry about the species if she starts a good colony.


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Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (1) | Camponotus pennsylvanicus (6) | Lasius aphidicola (4) | |  Tapinoma sessile  (3) | Lasius spp. (niger group) (2)  

#5 Offline NickAnter - Posted September 2 2021 - 1:57 PM

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Lasius species in the niger group. Impossible to ID to species without microscope pics of the scapes and mandibles.


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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). 

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