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Weird Unidentified Ant Queen

Started By evanmancini2011 , Aug 11 2024 6:20 PM

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#1 Offline evanmancini2011 - Posted August 11 2024 - 6:20 PM

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I was just in my backyard when this queen ant caught my eye! Dose anyone have any idea what species this is?

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Thank You!

Sorry I posted this twice!

Edited by evanmancini2011, August 11 2024 - 6:23 PM.

#2 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted August 11 2024 - 8:07 PM

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Lasius latipes, a parasitic queen from the Acanthomyops subgenus. Read this guide to learn the process of founding her, Acanthomyops is the first subgenus listed.

"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

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