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Queen ID, Ontario, July 21, 6:40PM

Started By dean_k , Jul 21 2015 4:34 PM

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#1 Offline dean_k - Posted July 21 2015 - 4:34 PM

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Size: 5 ~ 6mm

Found on a sidewalk.

Dark brown in color, light brown legs.

I am assuming either Aphaenogaster or Mymrica.

#2 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted July 21 2015 - 5:08 PM

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I definitely think it is some sort of Myrmica.

#3 Offline dean_k - Posted July 21 2015 - 5:49 PM

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She calmed down enough for me to take still pictures.

#4 Offline LC3 - Posted July 21 2015 - 6:12 PM

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That looks like an Aphaenogaster, Myrmica don't have gasters that bulge up on the top and I think their spines are placed more back.

#5 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted July 21 2015 - 6:14 PM

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That looks like an Aphaenogaster, Myrmica don't have gasters that bulge up on the top and I think their spines are placed more back.

Yah, you could be right but that is a bit small 4-6mm.

#6 Offline LC3 - Posted July 21 2015 - 6:24 PM

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Yeah that is pretty small and nearly the size of a Myrmica queen.

#7 Offline dean_k - Posted July 21 2015 - 6:51 PM

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This is a video of my Myrmica colony.

They look awfully similar. It's hard to tell really.

#8 Offline LC3 - Posted July 21 2015 - 7:11 PM

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They do look similar XP

welp I really have no clues naow :T

#9 Offline Crystals - Posted July 22 2015 - 6:23 AM

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Myrmica, not sure the exact species though. They are just starting to fly.

Semi-claustral, so she will need food. I tend to boost new queens with a few pupae as the founding process can frustrating with certain individuals.

Aphaenogaster queens are larger, and usually black or a very dark coloration.

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#10 Offline Ants4fun - Posted July 22 2015 - 6:35 AM

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Maybe you can giver his queen your doomed colonies brood.

#11 Offline dean_k - Posted July 22 2015 - 6:46 AM

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Maybe you can giver his queen your doomed colonies brood.

They have unfertilized eggs. Not going to help, I think.

Anyhow, I don't think the queen is going to make it. Upon a closer inspection, she is missing half of an antenna and she is acting ill. She has two huge dents on her gaster. I think she was attacked and was hurt before I caught her.