I am pretty sure I caught her in Quebec but isn't it too early in the season for them to have nuptials?
she is about 6-7 mm
(I also saw a male and others like her)
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Is this a myrmica?
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OwlThatLikesAnts
, Jul 29 2024 12:09 PM
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Posted July 29 2024 - 12:09 PM
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Currently keeping:
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1x Ponera pennsylvanica, just queen
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Posted July 29 2024 - 3:44 PM
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Myrmica Rubra. I have a bunch. Semi-claustral so will require feeding during the founding stage. She also sometimes overwinters with her eggs, before having full adult workers, so it may take a while to get this colony started! Hope it works!
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Currently raising:
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Lasius niger (single queen + ~90+ workers)
Lasius neoniger (3 single queen + brood)
Formica spp. (Queen [likely parasitic, needs brood])
Formica pacifica (Queen)
Also keeping a friend's tetramorium immigrans for the foreseeable future. Thanks CoffeBlock!
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but I am pretty sure they have like one of the last nubtial flights of the season where I am 
Currently keeping:
1x Formica subsericea, (used to be polygynous) 15+ workers with 4 pupa (Idk why they still have)
1x Lasius umbratus, (Workers accepted) 5+ workers with host brood
1x Ponera pennsylvanica, just queen
As you watch your ants march, remember: every journey begins with a single step (or queen)-not just towards you, but towards a future woven by diligence and shared dreams - Me
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Posted July 30 2024 - 4:50 AM
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I am now looking at her and she is a bit wobbly on her feet and her antenna has stopped moving
Currently keeping:
1x Formica subsericea, (used to be polygynous) 15+ workers with 4 pupa (Idk why they still have)
1x Lasius umbratus, (Workers accepted) 5+ workers with host brood
1x Ponera pennsylvanica, just queen
As you watch your ants march, remember: every journey begins with a single step (or queen)-not just towards you, but towards a future woven by diligence and shared dreams - Me
(I lost braincells just to make this quote)
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Posted July 30 2024 - 7:52 AM
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Myrmica, yes, but not identifiable to species from this photo. To confirm M. rubra we would need a view of the face showing the evenly curved base of the scape, lacking any sort of lobe or carina, and the straight to slightly convex frontal carinae.
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but I am pretty sure they have like one of the last nuptial flights of the season where I am
Yah what I mean is that although they fly in August (at least where I live) they'll overwinter in their parents' colony, and leave in the spring, to begin their own colony. This according to Antwiki, anyways. This is actually how I caught my myrmica rubra!
I am pretty sure I caught her in Quebec but isn't it too early in the season for them to have nuptials?
she is about 6-7 mm
(I also saw a male and others like her)
Also I hope this is a macrogyne, not a microgyne, which are semi-parasitic and lay eggs alongside macrogynes. I don't think they can lay by themselves.
Currently raising:
Myrmica rubra (1 queen + ~5 workers)
Lasius niger (single queen + ~90+ workers)
Lasius neoniger (3 single queen + brood)
Formica spp. (Queen [likely parasitic, needs brood])
Formica pacifica (Queen)
Also keeping a friend's tetramorium immigrans for the foreseeable future. Thanks CoffeBlock!
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Posted July 30 2024 - 4:04 PM
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she is a macrogene
I was unsure about her size but I learnt that microgene are smaller tho 
Currently keeping:
1x Formica subsericea, (used to be polygynous) 15+ workers with 4 pupa (Idk why they still have)
1x Lasius umbratus, (Workers accepted) 5+ workers with host brood
1x Ponera pennsylvanica, just queen
As you watch your ants march, remember: every journey begins with a single step (or queen)-not just towards you, but towards a future woven by diligence and shared dreams - Me
(I lost braincells just to make this quote)
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