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[notmyidea]

Location: sidewalk, burbs, Victoria, BC, Canada

Date: Apr. 27, 2018

Habitat: Urban

Length: ~1cm

Color: brownish-black, short hairs

 

My guess: Tapinoma sessile??

 

 

 

[VoidElecent]

Formica sp. Please try to get some better pictures for a more accurate ID.

[notmyidea]

Formica sp. Please try to get some better pictures for a more accurate ID.

Better in what way? This was taken with a macro lens, I can't zoom in anymore. Do you mean from a different angle?

[Canadian anter]

Actually I would say Lasius neoniger

[VoidElecent]

 

Formica sp. Please try to get some better pictures for a more accurate ID.

Better in what way? This was taken with a macro lens, I can't zoom in anymore. Do you mean from a different angle?

 

 

Yes, I do mean from different angles.

 

Actually I would say Lasius neoniger

 

Lasius is also a possibility, but April is rather early. This is why pictures from different angles, perhaps a top view of the head, would be nice.

[Canadian anter]

 

 

Formica sp. Please try to get some better pictures for a more accurate ID.

Better in what way? This was taken with a macro lens, I can't zoom in anymore. Do you mean from a different angle?

 

 

Yes, I do mean from different angles.

 

Actually I would say Lasius neoniger

 

Lasius is also a possibility, but April is rather early. This is why pictures from different angles, perhaps a top view of the head, would be nice.

 

I presume that this in fact, is a queen who flew last year. Here, Formica have been barely active for a week, it's pretty improbable for Formica. Additionally, the colour indicates Lasius

 

edit: probably Lasius crypticus

[notmyidea]

 

 

Formica sp. Please try to get some better pictures for a more accurate ID.

Better in what way? This was taken with a macro lens, I can't zoom in anymore. Do you mean from a different angle?

 

 

Yes, I do mean from different angles.

 

Actually I would say Lasius neoniger

 

Lasius is also a possibility, but April is rather early. This is why pictures from different angles, perhaps a top view of the head, would be nice.

 

Best head shot I could get.

[notmyidea]

 

 

 

Formica sp. Please try to get some better pictures for a more accurate ID.

Better in what way? This was taken with a macro lens, I can't zoom in anymore. Do you mean from a different angle?

 

 

Yes, I do mean from different angles.

 

Actually I would say Lasius neoniger

 

Lasius is also a possibility, but April is rather early. This is why pictures from different angles, perhaps a top view of the head, would be nice.

 

I presume that this in fact, is a queen who flew last year. Here, Formica have been barely active for a week, it's pretty improbable for Formica. Additionally, the colour indicates Lasius

 

edit: probably Lasius crypticus

 

Looking at pictures of queens of this species, she's a dead ringer.

[Russell]

Formica for Victoria is early but I did find a Formica queen a week ago which has now laid. This does not look like Formica however, I would say Lasius based on colour and size. 

Camponotus have also just started flying in Victoria BC as I found my first Queen last week. 

[notmyidea]

Formica for Victoria is early but I did find a Formica queen a week ago which has now laid. This does not look like Formica however, I would say Lasius based on colour and size. 

Camponotus have also just started flying in Victoria BC as I found my first Queen last week. 

I bet that Formica queen flew last year. Yes, mine is definitely Lasius. She's shed her wings and laid now. I haven't found any Camponotus or Formica Obscuripes yet

Edited by notmyidea, May 5 2018 - 11:13 PM.

[Russell]

 

Formica for Victoria is early but I did find a Formica queen a week ago which has now laid. This does not look like Formica however, I would say Lasius based on colour and size. 

Camponotus have also just started flying in Victoria BC as I found my first Queen last week. 

I bet that Formica queen flew last year. Yes, mine is definitely Lasius. She's shed her wings and laid now. I haven't found any Camponotus or Formica Obscuripes yet 

 

I would keep an eye out near parks next two weeks. Last year this is when I found most of my Camponotus including at the baseball park in down town Brentwood. 

[notmyidea]

 

 

Formica for Victoria is early but I did find a Formica queen a week ago which has now laid. This does not look like Formica however, I would say Lasius based on colour and size. 

Camponotus have also just started flying in Victoria BC as I found my first Queen last week. 

I bet that Formica queen flew last year. Yes, mine is definitely Lasius. She's shed her wings and laid now. I haven't found any Camponotus or Formica Obscuripes yet 

 

I would keep an eye out near parks next two weeks. Last year this is when I found most of my Camponotus including at the baseball park in down town Brentwoo

Found a Camponotus yesterday in a parking lot.