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[Arrowscotch]

This queen was caught in my backyard under a boundary rope in my garden. She is about 1 cm.

 

I seem to be unable to upload images directly to the post

Edited by Arrowscotch, March 4 2017 - 5:55 PM.

[Martialis]

I don't believe this one picture is good enough.

[CamponotusLover]

Maybe a-------- Crematogaster? 

I don't believe this one picture is good enough.

There are 3 pics there.

[T.C.]

My wild guess: Formica sp.?

I have pinned my insects that have died. But out of curiousity, did you find this queen just to pin it? Or did it die on its own?

[Nathant2131]

Maybe a-------- Crematogaster? 

I don't believe this one picture is good enough.

There are 3 pics there.

Certainly not Crematogaster. Postpetiole is absent. I myself would say Formica but I'm not hot on IDs.

Edited by Nathant2131, March 4 2017 - 5:43 PM.

[CamponotusLover]

 

Maybe a-------- Crematogaster? 

I don't believe this one picture is good enough.

There are 3 pics there.

Certainly not Crematogaster. Postpetiole is absent. I myself would say Formica but I'm not hot on IDs.

 

oh! I see that now.

[Arrowscotch]

This queen was actually the first to die in my test tube setup since I started, so i decided to immortalize her.

[Arrowscotch]

I think it might be formica fusca.

 

I came up with a little list of possible species :

 

Formica hewitti

Formica lasioides

Formica podzolica

Formica subaenescens

Formica subcyanea

Edited by Arrowscotch, March 4 2017 - 6:36 PM.

[Kevin]

Please embed your photos.

 

[AnthonyP163]

 

Maybe a-------- Crematogaster? 

I don't believe this one picture is good enough.

There are 3 pics there.

Certainly not Crematogaster. Postpetiole is absent. I myself would say Formica but I'm not hot on IDs.

 

Yeah, Crematogaster are Myrmicinae with 2 petiole nodes, therefore this isn't Crematogaster as it only has 1.