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Queen Ant ID Please (Lasius umbratus 1st)

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#1 Offline AntsMAN - Posted September 26 2015 - 11:08 AM

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Found her on the door step today, she is a little smaller than a neoniger queen, and has a red color. Very fast it as hard to get a picture of her.

 

Also I seen a queen that looked just like a neoniger but she was half the size.

 

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Current queens/colonies

Camponotus novaeboracensis x2

Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2

Camponotus herculeanus x1

Formica sp. x1

Lasius americanus x1  (Lasius alienus)

Lasius neoniger x1

Crematogastor cerasi x1

Myrmica sp. x1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


#2 Offline AntsMAN - Posted September 26 2015 - 5:01 PM

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Lasius umbratus?


Current queens/colonies

Camponotus novaeboracensis x2

Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2

Camponotus herculeanus x1

Formica sp. x1

Lasius americanus x1  (Lasius alienus)

Lasius neoniger x1

Crematogastor cerasi x1

Myrmica sp. x1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


#3 Offline LC3 - Posted September 26 2015 - 9:57 PM

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Maybe, sure does look like L.umbratus either way I'm pretty sure it's a parasitic Lasius sp.

#4 Offline Mdrogun - Posted September 27 2015 - 1:15 AM

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I don't think this queen is Lasius umbratus. She looks too dark. I could be wrong though, I have almost no experience with lasius except an umbratus queen I found in Michigan.

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#5 Offline LC3 - Posted September 27 2015 - 2:00 AM

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Queens sometimes have slight variations in colour, also note that there does not seem to be much lighting in the room when the photo was shot.

#6 Offline Michaelofvancouver - Posted September 29 2015 - 7:50 PM

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Lasius umbratus seems likely based on the time of the flight, and I believe Lasius umbratus is usually a tiny bit more dark and less red/orange than Lasius claviger so I think it's more likely to be umbratus not claviger (both are flying now, right?).


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