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NW Indiana ID

Started By Reefer25 , Apr 22 2025 10:43 AM

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#1 Offline Reefer25 - Posted April 22 2025 - 10:43 AM

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Can anyone ID this ant and confirm it is a queen, caught in NW Indiana

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#2 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted April 22 2025 - 11:20 AM

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Can anyone ID this ant and confirm it is a queen, caught in NW Indiana

That is likely a parasitic Lasius queen. You can find more info about raising them here: https://www.formicul...asites/?p=37852. In order to ID the species, you can view the Indiana list of native ant species, found here: https://antmaps.org/...ionKey=BEN20189, and search images of the different parasitic Lasius species that are native to compare to yours. I would recommend comparing them to Lasius aphidicola first, as that would be my best guess for a species ID.

Edited by Ants_Dakota, April 22 2025 - 12:01 PM.

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#3 Offline L.H - Posted April 22 2025 - 4:22 PM

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I second this, I'm guessing probably in the umbratus group

edit: it might actually be lasius speculiventris

Edited by L.H, April 22 2025 - 4:25 PM.

#4 Offline Artisan_Ants - Posted April 22 2025 - 5:20 PM

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I second this, I'm guessing probably in the umbratus group

edit: it might actually be lasius speculiventris

This could be true but to completely verify we would need closer looks at the gastral section, specifically the tergites. L. aphidicola lack pubesence on the second gastral tergite.