Location found - Under a bucket on a hot day.
Color - Black. With silver stripes?
When found - 10/11/16
Country - New Zealand north island
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Is this Lasius Niger?
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NZAntKeeper
, Nov 11 2016 12:06 AM
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Posted November 11 2016 - 12:06 AM
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Posted November 11 2016 - 12:20 AM
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Posted November 11 2016 - 3:58 AM
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It's not lasius niger. In fact, It might not even be lasius at all. Lasius tend to have wider gasters from my observations, and lasius niger have three stripes on their gaster, as far as I can see this one has two. Also, a size would help.
Although take this with a grain of salt, I'm not very good at ID'ing.
Edited by Kevin, November 11 2016 - 4:00 AM.
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Posted November 11 2016 - 11:11 AM
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Just measured it its 7mm.
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Species I have kept or are keeping
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-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber
-Amblyopone Australis
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Posted November 11 2016 - 6:29 PM
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Ok thanks ill google them.
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-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber
-Amblyopone Australis
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Posted November 13 2016 - 7:48 AM
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There is no Lasius in the entire Southern Hemisphere. The somewhat similar-looking genus Prolasius occura there, and this could be P. advena. (Still not sure without better pictures.)
https://www.antweb.o...ame=New Zealand
Images of NZ ants at antweb
https://www.antweb.o...and&images=true
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Posted November 13 2016 - 8:48 AM
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Oh ok thanks ill have a look at the links.
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Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber
-Amblyopone Australis
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