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#1 Offline DatGaster1306 - Posted September 16 2019 - 5:47 PM

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https://imgur.com/a/0Y7RDjQ

I forgot to size her. Smaller than a camponotus Queen.

#2 Offline Martialis - Posted September 16 2019 - 5:48 PM

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I can tell you it’s formicidae. Not much else with that picture and no measurements
Could be a Lasius
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#3 Offline DatGaster1306 - Posted September 16 2019 - 5:49 PM

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Honestly it’s the best I could get :(
Obviously the pictures are crap but she’s pretty brown.
I was also thinking Lasius.

Edited by DatGaster1306, September 16 2019 - 5:51 PM.


#4 Offline Zeiss - Posted September 16 2019 - 5:59 PM

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Please follow the proper format for ID requests linked here.  It's obvious at the top of the ID Request thread.  Also, embed your images to your posts please.


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#5 Offline NickAnter - Posted September 16 2019 - 6:08 PM

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I will tell you what it is when the post is in proper ID format.  ;)


Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 


#6 Offline DatGaster1306 - Posted September 16 2019 - 6:30 PM

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Eh just forget it then.

#7 Offline NickAnter - Posted September 16 2019 - 6:32 PM

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It would take you about 1 minute!!!! It is very simple really.  Also, you can just look up pictures of the species of Lasius in you state, and figure out which one fits best.  That is what I do.


Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 


#8 Offline ponerinecat - Posted September 16 2019 - 6:45 PM

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looks like lasius



#9 Offline Zeiss - Posted September 16 2019 - 7:46 PM

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Eh just forget it then.

It's a "help us help you" thing.  Without information, you don't get solid identifications.






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