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Queen, Western NY 9/14/18

Started By Reevak , Sep 14 2018 5:25 PM

Best Answer AntsBC , September 14 2018 - 5:59 PM

Lasius speculiventris. You can tell them apart from Lasius umbratus or other closely related Lasius parasites due to the shinyness and lack of pubescence on their gaster. Next time please follow the ID template when posting an ID thread that can be found here. It helps us be able to give you a better and more accurate ID.

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#1 Offline Reevak - Posted September 14 2018 - 5:25 PM

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Found this queen around 2 o'clock today. That's college ruled paper so its about 7mm wide between lines (that's for the lines of paper, not her (its just a comparison)). I don't have any other way of measuring her at the moment.


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#2 Offline Major - Posted September 14 2018 - 5:28 PM

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Parasitic Lasius sp.
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#3 Offline AntsBC - Posted September 14 2018 - 5:59 PM   Best Answer

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Lasius speculiventris. You can tell them apart from Lasius umbratus or other closely related Lasius parasites due to the shinyness and lack of pubescence on their gaster. Next time please follow the ID template when posting an ID thread that can be found here. It helps us be able to give you a better and more accurate ID.


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#4 Offline rbarreto - Posted September 15 2018 - 8:43 AM

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I wouldn't 100% say it's L. speculiventris.

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