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Possible Queens?

Started By Okeedoke22 , Jun 4 2016 2:07 PM

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#1 Offline Okeedoke22 - Posted June 4 2016 - 2:07 PM

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Hey,

First off let me know if they are Queens and secondly ID?

1st and 2nd pic queen is about 6-7mm
Collected in woods near a rock surrounded by leaf litter.
Staten Island NY

3rd and 4th are Camponotus but I'm having a real hard time with figuring out if they are majors or queens. 12-13mm

All seen a bunch of workers with pointy abdomens. Spade shaped almost. What kind of ants are those?

Thanks again, you guys are the best.

PS I'm totally addicted I go out after work daily.

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Prenolepis Imparis

Tetramorium Sp. E

Crematogaster
Brachymyrmex Sp.

Lasius Claviger

#2 Offline Okeedoke22 - Posted June 4 2016 - 2:08 PM

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The more I look at the ants the more I think they are workers Prenopolis Imparis? 1st and 2nd pic that is.

Prenolepis Imparis

Tetramorium Sp. E

Crematogaster
Brachymyrmex Sp.

Lasius Claviger

#3 Offline Batspiderfish - Posted June 4 2016 - 5:26 PM

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The worker in the first two photos looks like Formica, although it's hard to tell from the angle. The worker in the third and fourth photos looks like Camponotus pennsylvanicus.

Queens have (or at some point had) two sets of wings -- the scars of which can be seen at the upper part of the thorax, which will be bulkier because it used to house the wing muscles.

Edited by Batspiderfish, June 4 2016 - 9:45 PM.

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