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Is this a queen ant

Started By Bradybattlemask , Jul 5 2017 3:56 PM

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#1 Offline Bradybattlemask - Posted July 5 2017 - 3:56 PM

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I found this ant in a colony of very small red ants but when I went back outside about 15minutes later and grabbed workers from the hole I dug to get the queen the queen killed the workers off. This is what it looks like. https://mobile.twitt...5218178/photo/1

#2 Offline VoidElecent - Posted July 5 2017 - 4:02 PM

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Formica sp.

 

What do you mean by "very" small? Formica aren't typically associated with smaller sized castes, can you provide some accurate measurements?


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#3 Offline Leo - Posted July 5 2017 - 4:45 PM

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thaat might not be a queen


#4 Offline Bradybattlemask - Posted July 5 2017 - 4:54 PM

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Formica sp.

What do you mean by "very" small? Formica aren't typically associated with smaller sized castes, can you provide some accurate measurements?


Where I found it the ants were about 1/10 the size of the queen

#5 Offline dermy - Posted July 5 2017 - 5:34 PM

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thaat might not be a queen

Looks like a Formica queen to me, but I think we need some other angle shots such as one of the side view. If it isn't what it appears in the first image, then It might be a Camponotus major.


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#6 Offline Bradybattlemask - Posted July 5 2017 - 5:40 PM

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thaat might not be a queen

Looks like a Formica queen to me, but I think we need some other angle shots such as one of the side view. If it isn't what it appears in the first image, then It might be a Camponotus major.

I'll post more once I get her out from the nest she made XD

#7 Offline Aaron567 - Posted July 5 2017 - 5:50 PM

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This looks like a Formica worker. 


#8 Offline Bradybattlemask - Posted July 5 2017 - 6:38 PM

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https://mobile.twitt...1757186/photo/1

This is the side view of it if it helps
https://mobile.twitt...1757186/photo/1

This is the side view of it if it helps

#9 Offline VoidElecent - Posted July 5 2017 - 7:11 PM

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This looks like a Formica worker. 

 

I agree, I don't think it's a queen.


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#10 Offline Canadian anter - Posted July 6 2017 - 4:45 AM

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Definitely a worker
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