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[AntsMAN]

Found her on the door step today, she is a little smaller than a neoniger queen, and has a red color. Very fast it as hard to get a picture of her.

 

Also I seen a queen that looked just like a neoniger but she was half the size.

 

 

 

Edited by AntsMAN, July 21 2016 - 2:38 PM.

[AntsMAN]

Lasius umbratus?

[LC3]

Maybe, sure does look like L.umbratus either way I'm pretty sure it's a parasitic Lasius sp.

[Mdrogun]

I don't think this queen is Lasius umbratus. She looks too dark. I could be wrong though, I have almost no experience with lasius except an umbratus queen I found in Michigan.

[LC3]

Queens sometimes have slight variations in colour, also note that there does not seem to be much lighting in the room when the photo was shot.

[Michaelofvancouver]

Lasius umbratus seems likely based on the time of the flight, and I believe Lasius umbratus is usually a tiny bit more dark and less red/orange than Lasius claviger so I think it's more likely to be umbratus not claviger (both are flying now, right?).