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Started By LIExotics , Oct 12 2022 9:02 PM

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#1 Offline LIExotics - Posted October 12 2022 - 9:02 PM

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Hey everyone. So I've got 4 queens, 2 with colonies, and 2 without. I have pictures of the 2 lone queens here: https://imgur.com/gallery/fzEmzGn
I originally thought they were parasitic when I caught them. But obviously not. I think these are a formica. But I'm not positive. Any thoughts?? Thanks in advance.

#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 13 2022 - 1:58 AM

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Can you give size and the other pertinent info from the ID template? I say these are definitely Formica, perhaps subsericea.
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#3 Offline LIExotics - Posted October 13 2022 - 7:55 AM

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They are 7 to 8 Mm long, black/Grey with a golden sheen. I was told by someone else that they are lasius neonigers, but I haven't seen a neoniger with that golden sheen.

#4 Offline Mettcollsuss - Posted October 13 2022 - 8:47 AM

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When did you collect them and what habitat?

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#5 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted October 13 2022 - 9:41 AM

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Those look like Lasius americanus based on thorax shape, but what do i know


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#6 Offline Manitobant - Posted October 13 2022 - 11:29 AM

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Yeah those are definitely lasius, likely neoniger or americanus.
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Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
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#7 Offline LIExotics - Posted October 13 2022 - 4:56 PM

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I caught them in dix hills, long island NY at a park i was ant hunting at. They were flying the same time as a bunch of tetramorium Immigrans. They were in a grassy area. I think they are neonigers

#8 Offline Mettcollsuss - Posted October 13 2022 - 6:38 PM

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Likely neoniger, though if there are any forests or wooded areas nearby then the possibility of pallitarsis can't be eliminated without a macro photo of the mandibles.

 

Not americanus, they fly earlier in the year.


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