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Ant ID Request - Pittsburgh, PA, 9/21/17

Started By Yuki , Sep 21 2017 3:26 PM

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#1 Offline Yuki - Posted September 21 2017 - 3:26 PM

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1. Underneath broken asphalt

2. 9/21/17

3. Parking lot

4. 8-9 mm

5. Dark brown

6. Not much stands out

7. Unknown

8. Unknown

9. https://cdn.discorda...86218/image.jpg

https://cdn.discorda...98602/image.jpg

Hopefully the magnifying glass helps this time.

#2 Offline Spamdy - Posted September 21 2017 - 3:35 PM

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LocationHouston, Texas

Lasius social parasite.

All my colonies are dead.

Except:

Pogonomyrmex barbatus

Pheidole obscurithorax

Pheidole morens

#3 Offline Batspiderfish - Posted September 21 2017 - 3:35 PM

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Lasius claviger or L. latipes (likely the former). A good view of the petiole would help.

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Exotic ants are for those who think that vibrant diversity is something you need to pay money to see. It is illegal to transport live ants across state lines.

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#4 Offline Yuki - Posted September 23 2017 - 2:23 PM

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I put the queen in the fridge for a couple of hours with some yellow lasius I found. Turns out that the smell I thought was spilled perfume was actually the ants; they all smell fragrant!

Right now they're not showing any aggression, but we'll see if this setup works out after all. If so I might start my first journal.