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[Goldsystem]

I found all of these girls under rocks in a high desert environment. (Note: new pictures have been added, the workers range from 5-7mm. queens 1,2, and 6 have been identified and the pictures have been removed)

Queen 3 is mainly black with lighter colored legs, she is 14-15mm




Queen 4 is mainly black with a dark red thorax and lighter colored legs, she is 14-15mm


Queen 5 is black with a round dark red thorax with two lighter stripes and lighter colored legs, she is 14-15mm


Queen 7, found in evergreen forest near mount hood under a rock. The queen is black and about 5mm the workers resemble tetramorium workers and are black with a orange thorax, they are around 2.5mm

Edited by Goldsystem, July 21 2018 - 4:59 PM.

[LC3]

First off, check your measurements (and friendly ID template reminder ), the only ants in the US reaching 20mm are Camponotus ocreatus and Atta.

 

First and second queens are Camponotus queens. Pictures are pretty bad but I'm guessing either C. vicinus for the first and C. semitestaceus for the second one.

 

The rest are all Formica. No idea what Formica #1 is. I'm not entirely convinced Formica #2-3 are different species, F. francoeuri maybe? Last one is probably Formica argentae. I'm not very good with Formica.

Edited by LC3, June 13 2018 - 10:35 PM.

[Goldsystem]

First off, check your measurements (and friendly ID template reminder ), the only ants in the US reaching 20mm are Camponotus ocreatus and Atta.

First and second queens are Camponotus queens. Pictures are pretty bad but I'm guessing either C. vicinus for the first and C. semitestaceus for the second one.

The rest are all Formica. No idea what Formica #1 is. I'm not entirely convinced Formica #2-3 are different species, F. francoeuri maybe? Last one is probably Formica argentae. I'm not very good with Formica.

I’ve never been good at measuring queens lol, maybe I’ll get it right one day. These are the best pictures I can get for now unfortunately. I agree with your Camponotus IDs, I’ve wanted camponotus vicinus for a long time so I’m pretty excited. I’ll wait and see what other people think the Formica looking queens are. I’ll also try and fix my measurements

Edited by Goldsystem, June 13 2018 - 11:55 PM.

[Goldsystem]

New pictures have been added

[AntsAreUs]

The last one is Temnothorax. Also beautiful colony!

Edited by AntsAreUs, July 21 2018 - 5:40 PM.

[rbarreto]

Wait I thought Temnothorax made small colonies???? That is a lot of brood!

[AntsAreUs]

Wait I thought Temnothorax made small colonies???? That is a lot of brood!

Colonies can sometimes get 300+ workers.