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#1 Offline Reevak - Posted February 8 2018 - 1:48 PM

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I caught many queens in September of last year (I believe all of the ones shown below were caught during an enormous Lasius flight on the 11th) and I was wondering if I could get help narrowing down the species. I have a video showing what I believe to be Lasius neoniger at first, then a partially winged queen that I believed to be Lasius flavus (colors are dulled because of the tube), then I have what I believed to be Lasius flavus (her gaster is much larger than any of my other Lasius queens). I'm pretty bad at identifying species (or at least I have been in the past) so I would really appreciate any help, even if it narrows it down to 2 or 3 species at best. Thanks

 



I also have some images of the last two queens, but not the first duo.

 

 

 



#2 Offline T.C. - Posted February 8 2018 - 1:58 PM

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Lasius neoniger (?)

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#3 Offline AnthonyP163 - Posted February 8 2018 - 2:33 PM

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Lasius neoniger (?)

That's a possibility, but both queens seem to be different. I guessed that the second queen was Lasius crypticus or nearcticus, however I could be wrong. I bet Batspiderfish could get this.



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#4 Offline Reevak - Posted February 8 2018 - 6:00 PM

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The first queens in the video are lighter and smaller than the other queens by a millimeter or two, and the last and second last queens look black (instead of brown like the first ones)







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