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[rbarreto]

During lunch I found a colony of large ants with many queens under a rock. They were a darkish red/black and very shiny. They looked like some sort of Camponotus or Formica and they moved way too fast for me to take pictures. Anyone know what they may be?

Edited by rbarreto, May 7 2018 - 11:54 AM.

[Canadian anter]

Could e etither of them. We only need pics of a single worker to solve this.

[rbarreto]

Ill try to go back tomorrow and take a picture, hate to disturb them again though.

[ken14400]

have anyone heard of antsnational?

[Canadian anter]

I have

[rbarreto]

Lasius umbratus is literally everywhere at my work, I've taken 4 queens but I could easily have 20.

Anyone know If Lasius flavus is a possible host? Antwiki mentions L. alienus, brunneus,. emarginatus, neoniger, niger, pallitarsis and psammophilus but I have the hardest time identifying anything other than L. flavus.

Edited by rbarreto, May 8 2018 - 7:46 PM.

[ken14400]

there's a lot of lasius niger workers in my place like lots of it but can't seem to find their queen

[Lazarus]

Lasius umbratus is literally everywhere at my work, I've taken 4 queens but I could easily have 20.

Anyone know If Lasius flavus is a possible host? Antwiki mentions L. alienus, brunneus,. emarginatus, neoniger, niger, pallitarsis and psammophilus but I have the hardest time identifying anything other than L. flavus.

 

I have some Lasius Neonigers still in a test tube that I've been keeping alive since their Queen died. I was able to salvage the brood by boosting the one other Lasius Neoniger foundling colony I had.

Yours if you want 'em. I know there were 16 workers when I put them into hibernation but that count is probably lower now. I'd have to count them when I get back home this evening.

[Canadian anter]

Lasius flavus is a possible host for Lasius umbratus

[rbarreto]

 

Lasius umbratus is literally everywhere at my work, I've taken 4 queens but I could easily have 20.

Anyone know If Lasius flavus is a possible host? Antwiki mentions L. alienus, brunneus,. emarginatus, neoniger, niger, pallitarsis and psammophilus but I have the hardest time identifying anything other than L. flavus.

 

I have some Lasius Neonigers still in a test tube that I've been keeping alive since their Queen died. I was able to salvage the brood by boosting the one other Lasius Neoniger foundling colony I had.

Yours if you want 'em. I know there were 16 workers when I put them into hibernation but that count is probably lower now. I'd have to count them when I get back home this evening.

 

 

 

Lasius flavus is a possible host for Lasius umbratus

Thanks for the offer but this works for me, I have an infinite supply of L. flavus workers and brood.

[Canadian anter]

Camponotus flew in St. Catharines yesterday. But it doesn't look like we'll have them anytime soon.

[Canadian anter]

I believe Camponotus will fly in the Toronto area tomorrow

Edited by Canadian anter, May 13 2018 - 4:51 PM.

[rbarreto]

So I recently moved houses and I spent some time looking through the local parks. Unfortunately it seems that Myrmica rubra completely dominates the area, so much so that the only other species I saw was L. flavus.

[Lazarus]

Haven't seen any queens yet this year. Did see a few colonies w/brood when overturning rooks and attempted to scoop hoping to catch the queen along with worker/brood but no luck. I guess it's unlikely that the queen would be near the surface close enough to be scooped.

[rbarreto]

Checked for Camponotus flights today while going for a run today but no luck.

 

 

Haven't seen any queens yet this year. Did see a few colonies w/brood when overturning rooks and attempted to scoop hoping to catch the queen along with worker/brood but no luck. I guess it's unlikely that the queen would be near the surface close enough to be scooped.

At this time of year I think the only queens you'd be able to find are Myrmica queens under rocks (I often find them near the surface but I ignore them because I hate them), or parasitic Lasius sp. roaming around although I haven't been able to find any for over a week (I was seeing them everywhere before that).

[Canadian anter]

strange. I didn't see anything either. Conditions seemed perfect today. I guess we'll need to wait a few more weeks.

[rbarreto]

Since flights in spring happen so much later than they do for the more southern states (because of the weather), does that mean that fall flights occur much earlier?

[Canadian anter]

Since flights in spring happen so much later than they do for the more southern states (because of the weather), does that mean that fall flights occur much earlier?

Latter lights here seem to occur at around the same time

[ken14400]

what other ants are polymorphic that we can find in ontario that's not a camponotus species?

[Canadian anter]

Certain parasitic Formica are polymorphic to some degree. You may also find Pheidole in greenhouses.