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[Okeedoke22]

Hello all,

So I went to the big park near my house looking for queens. It rained this morning so I was hopefull. I didn't find any queens but I had a great time. Tomorrow is suppose to be 87 degrees so I will try again. I really wish I could take off of work but I will have to wait till after work. I did find a few huge colonies and took some workers to get an idea what they are. 1st pic is what I believe is Camponotus. They are huge. If you guys can ID that would be great? I found them under some bark. Cony was massive. I seen 3 different sizes. My puppy wondered in the woods and distracted me a little. Every time I got 1 in and tried to put more in another came out. There was a few huge ants that I thought was Majors. Quiet a few of them so don't think they were queens.

2nd colony I found under a rock. Really cool orange color. Exposed tunnels right under the rock that workers were in.

Sorry for rambling I'm excited. I'm at my son's baseball game now but couldn't wait to post.

I live in New York City.

Thanks in advance.

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[Okeedoke22]

Black ants = 8-10 mm
Black Ants that I thought were majors must have been 12-16mm

Orange = 4-5 mm

[Kingjay]

Today was a great day for ants I found for Nts one was when I was in the barbershop, and outside when I was in school.But sadly I didn't have any test tubes with me

[drtrmiller]

Camponotus pennsylvanicus and Lasius flavus.

[Okeedoke22]

Today was a great day for ants I found for Nts one was when I was in the barbershop, and outside when I was in school.But sadly I didn't have any test tubes with me

Do you live in New York?

[Okeedoke22]

Camponotus pennsylvanicus and Lasius flavus.

Thank you Terry! If I get a Queen I will know where to go to boost. Also I guess it will be hard for me to miss Camponotus queen.
Me and my son though the Lasius was a fire ant. I really don't know anything. Either way I think they look cool.

[Okeedoke22]

hopefully tomorrow I can add a queen!

Edited by Okeedoke22, May 24 2016 - 4:22 PM.

[Nathant2131]

I know this thread is old, but we don't have the necessary details to confirm Lasius flavus. Could just as well be Lasius nearcticus, or a Socially parasitic Lasius.

[Loops117]

You revamped a thread everyone forgot about, from over a year ago just the point out that an image of a yellow ant may not be Lasius flavus, but another Lasius sp.

 

[Nathant2131]

Lol!

 

I was simply pointing out something that was possibly false or misinformative, that's all.