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Is that a queen?

Started By Koafid , Jul 18 2023 1:11 AM

Best Answer Jonathan5608 , July 18 2023 - 1:35 AM

You my good sir have caught yourself a queen Go to the full post


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#1 Offline Koafid - Posted July 18 2023 - 1:11 AM

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Hi,
I found this ant in Czech republic in the evening, on pavement few days ago.
Is this a queen, or just a Worker? I'm complete beginner, I thought it's Queen, but it acts strangely: it keeps sitting on plug to the water in test tube setup, and it's pretty active. I couldn't also spot wings scars, but that might ne caused by her activity and size of the scars.
Can anybody say to me if it at least is a queen, ideally from which genus?
Thanks in advance

#2 Offline Koafid - Posted July 18 2023 - 1:17 AM

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Here Are photos:
https://ctrlv.cz/MQYv
https://ctrlv.cz/xLaE
https://ctrlv.cz/SVPG
https://ctrlv.cz/4LmB
https://ctrlv.cz/Xprt
https://ctrlv.cz/5iBN

#3 Offline Jonathan5608 - Posted July 18 2023 - 1:35 AM   Best Answer

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You my good sir have caught yourself a queen
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#4 Offline Koafid - Posted July 18 2023 - 4:26 AM

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that's great! Thanks you!
And Are you able to Tell me from those photos if it could be for example formica fusca, l. niger or any other Common pavement/dirt species, or perhaps if it's some more interesting species?
And should I await First eggs after hibernation?

#5 Offline Manitobant - Posted July 18 2023 - 4:36 AM

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Mind posting pics directly into the forum? Those links are sketchy AF.
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/

#6 Offline Virginian_ants - Posted July 18 2023 - 4:51 AM

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I think Lasius Niger.

#7 Offline AntsTopia - Posted July 18 2023 - 4:01 PM

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Lasius niger would be my first guess 


Keeper of:
Camponotus castaneus | 20-25 workers
Tetramorium Immigrans | 1,000+ workers (yes I gave them a brood boost don’t be salty!)
Aphaenogaster Rudis | 16 workers
Pheidole bicarinata | 50-60 workers

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#8 Offline AntsTopia - Posted July 18 2023 - 4:03 PM

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Lasius Niger is a excellent beginner species that should start you on your way to becoming a ant-keeper. You should make a journal on this queen and you would get a lot of advice from it. Up to you. 


Edited by AntsTopia, July 18 2023 - 4:04 PM.

Keeper of:
Camponotus castaneus | 20-25 workers
Tetramorium Immigrans | 1,000+ workers (yes I gave them a brood boost don’t be salty!)
Aphaenogaster Rudis | 16 workers
Pheidole bicarinata | 50-60 workers

Ants are just better.

#9 Offline Yourbasicantkeeper - Posted July 19 2023 - 2:25 AM

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Yup that is definitely a queen! 


"I am here on Earth, and I am only a speck of sand in the desert, a blade of grass in a field. I am no greater than any one of these busy ants who build for each other's comfort. " - King Solomon

 

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#10 Offline Yourbasicantkeeper - Posted July 19 2023 - 2:33 AM

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And a lasius niger too!


"I am here on Earth, and I am only a speck of sand in the desert, a blade of grass in a field. I am no greater than any one of these busy ants who build for each other's comfort. " - King Solomon

 

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#11 Offline Mettcollsuss - Posted July 19 2023 - 7:15 AM

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Probably Lasius niger, but there are other similar species that can't be eliminated without macro photos or a microscope. They all have the same care though.

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