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Workers from central Europe on June 22nd 2019


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#1 Offline Quizzie - Posted June 22 2019 - 11:25 AM

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We caught these workers hoping that they are Formica fusca or a similarly passive species (to be enslaved by a parasitic queen).

 

Location of collection: Czech Republic
Date of collection: June 22nd 2019
Habitat of collection: oak forest on the edge of a city
Length: 5-8 mm (very different sizes)
Coloration: shiny black
 
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Formica cinerea (queen of 2018)

Formica rufibarbis (queen of 2019)

Formica pratensis? (queen of 2020)


#2 Offline Barristan - Posted June 22 2019 - 11:35 AM

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Yep these are Serviformica, probably Formica fusca (but I'm not sure)



#3 Offline Quizzie - Posted June 22 2019 - 11:40 AM

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Thank you!

Now we just need to find a queen since the one we caught today is not a queen. :)


Formica cinerea (queen of 2018)

Formica rufibarbis (queen of 2019)

Formica pratensis? (queen of 2020)


#4 Offline Barristan - Posted June 22 2019 - 11:45 AM

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In Germany someone already found multiple Formica sanguinea queens ;), so I guess you will have look too. But I probably would let them found with Serviformica pupae.


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#5 Offline Quizzie - Posted June 22 2019 - 12:31 PM

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I don't want to destroy a nest to get pupae, but we'll see once we catch a queen...


Formica cinerea (queen of 2018)

Formica rufibarbis (queen of 2019)

Formica pratensis? (queen of 2020)





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