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)
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)
Currently keeping:
1x Solenopsis molesta
1x Formica subsericea (polygynous) has WORKERS!!! RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
2x Lasius niger (one is polygynous and the other is monogynous)
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!
Currently raising:
Myrmica Rubra (1 queen + ~5 workers)
Lasius Niger (single queen + ~90+ workers)
Lasius Neoniger (two single queen + brood)
Formica spp. (Queen [likely parasitic, needs brood])
Also keeping a friend's tetramorium immigrans for the foreseeable future. Thanks CoffeBlock!
but I am pretty sure they have like one of the last nubtial flights of the season where I am
Currently keeping:
1x Solenopsis molesta
1x Formica subsericea (polygynous) has WORKERS!!! RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
2x Lasius niger (one is polygynous and the other is monogynous)
I am now looking at her and she is a bit wobbly on her feet and her antenna has stopped moving
Currently keeping:
1x Solenopsis molesta
1x Formica subsericea (polygynous) has WORKERS!!! RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
2x Lasius niger (one is polygynous and the other is monogynous)
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.
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 (two single queen + brood)
Formica spp. (Queen [likely parasitic, needs brood])
Also keeping a friend's tetramorium immigrans for the foreseeable future. Thanks CoffeBlock!
she is a macrogene
I was unsure about her size but I learnt that microgene are smaller tho
Currently keeping:
1x Solenopsis molesta
1x Formica subsericea (polygynous) has WORKERS!!! RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
2x Lasius niger (one is polygynous and the other is monogynous)
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