Best Answer OiledOlives , October 20 2024 - 4:45 PM
Lasius claviger
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Posted October 20 2024 - 2:10 PM
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I walked out into my yard and started flipping random things over and I didn't see anything and then I look to the side and there is a queen wandering that comes walking out onto the top of a leaf, so I picked her up and I don't have any test tubes right now so she will be spending the night in a tupperware container haha, I assume she is a parasitic lasius bc I can't think of anything else that may be flying right now.
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Posted October 20 2024 - 2:18 PM
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Size?
I keep:
Pogonomyrmex Rugosus journal
Myrmecocystus Deplisis journal
Monomorium ergatogyn Journal
And many Carnivorous plants such as:
Dionea (fly trap), Sarracenia x 'Fiona' ( American Pitcher plant), Nepenthese ventrata (Tropical Pitcher plant), and Pinguicula agnata x emarginata (Butterwort)
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores it's provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. Proverbs 6: 6-8
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Posted October 20 2024 - 2:28 PM
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about a half an inch I think. I'm not good with mm.
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Posted October 20 2024 - 2:35 PM
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Then she is definitely not lasius. Maybe tetramorium? That's assuming she's under half an inch.
Edited by AntsGodzilla, October 20 2024 - 2:36 PM.
I keep:
Pogonomyrmex Rugosus journal
Myrmecocystus Deplisis journal
Monomorium ergatogyn Journal
And many Carnivorous plants such as:
Dionea (fly trap), Sarracenia x 'Fiona' ( American Pitcher plant), Nepenthese ventrata (Tropical Pitcher plant), and Pinguicula agnata x emarginata (Butterwort)
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores it's provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. Proverbs 6: 6-8
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Posted October 20 2024 - 2:36 PM
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about a half an inch I think. I'm not good with mm.
Actually nvm my bad, I just took another look at her to confirm size, definitely not a half inch, I am going to go find a ruler or something really quick.
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Posted October 20 2024 - 2:40 PM
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more like 4mm
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Posted October 20 2024 - 2:43 PM
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Then she is definitely not lasius. Maybe tetramorium? That's assuming she's under half an inch.
I don't think she's tetramorium, I have 2 tetramorium and she is about 3/4 of the size.
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Posted October 20 2024 - 2:46 PM
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Location? My best guess is L. claviger and it is parasitic, definitely not Tetramorium because of how there is not really a big petiole segment
Edited by OwlThatLikesAnts, October 20 2024 - 2:48 PM.
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 October 20 2024 - 2:47 PM
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Location? My best guess is L. claviger and it is parasitic
Wanynesboro, VA
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Posted October 20 2024 - 3:02 PM
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Location? My best guess is L. claviger and it is parasitic
Wanynesboro, VA
Lasius minitus, a small parasite but is basically the same founding as any other Lasius parasite
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 October 20 2024 - 3:30 PM
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Lasius minitus, a small parasite but is basically the same founding as any other Lasius parasite
I'm not sure, I don't think we have minutus this far south, I could be wrong though.
Edited by 1tsm3jack, October 20 2024 - 3:30 PM.
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Posted October 20 2024 - 3:36 PM
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I found a lasius queen guide but I don't know how to use it, especially without a microscope or anything.
I will link it here but since my pictures are bad I don't think it will be any help. https://www.antwiki....o_Lasius_queens
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Posted October 20 2024 - 3:46 PM
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Lasius minitus, a small parasite but is basically the same founding as any other Lasius parasite
I'm not sure, I don't think we have minutus this far south, I could be wrong though.
I mean on ant maps it says you have minutus, plus there are not really any other parasitic Lasius species that have 4mm queens other than minitus, unless you measured her wrong
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 October 20 2024 - 3:47 PM
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Lasius minitus, a small parasite but is basically the same founding as any other Lasius parasite
I'm not sure, I don't think we have minutus this far south, I could be wrong though.
I mean on ant maps it says you have minutus, plus there are not really any other parasitic Lasius species that have 4mm queens other than minitus, unless you measured her wrong
Very possible I could have, or I could be wrong, or antmaps could be wrong, who knows, she was moving when I was trying to measure her so I would guess between 4-6 mm, possibly up to 7mm.
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Posted October 20 2024 - 3:49 PM
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Let's just leave it at some kind of parasitic Lasius species, at least until someone more experienced in IDing (such as Metcollsus) appears.
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Posted October 20 2024 - 3:51 PM
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Let's just leave it at some kind of parasitic Lasius species, at least until someone more experienced in IDing (such as Metcollsus) appears.
Yeah that works haha, I'm gonna put out a blacklight to see if I can get anymore.
Edited by 1tsm3jack, October 20 2024 - 3:52 PM.
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Posted October 20 2024 - 3:53 PM
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Posted October 20 2024 - 3:56 PM
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Good luck!
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Posted October 20 2024 - 4:59 PM
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Lasius claviger
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What is their host species? I have a lasius colony but I also don't know exactly what they are. Either americanus or neoniger I think.
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