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Queen ID Request - SW Michigan

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#1 Offline nathant - Posted September 12 2017 - 10:01 AM

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1. Location of collection:                  Downtown City street, Southwest Michigan

 

2. Date of collection:                           9/11/17

3. Habitat of collection:                     City sidewalk beside empty, overgrown lot

 

4. Length:                                            8 mm

 

5. Color, hue, pattern and texture:    Reddish Brown, fuzzy light-red and yellowish striped abdomen

UPDATE - actual pics here (sorry!!):

http://imgur.com/a/8rQyr


Lots of Lasius flying around this area reported this week.  If it is Lasius - could you let me know if it's the parasitic version?
Thanks!


Edited by nathant, September 12 2017 - 3:51 PM.


#2 Offline VoidElecent - Posted September 12 2017 - 12:05 PM

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Myrmica sp.



#3 Offline nathant - Posted September 12 2017 - 1:05 PM

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lol.  I'm an idiot.  I posted the same pictures to my last post.  Sorry - I'll clean up all this crossposting mess asap.  Sorry mods, sorry identifiers.



#4 Offline nathant - Posted September 12 2017 - 3:50 PM

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Sorry!  I updated the pics so they match the link posted.  I'm dumb and posted it wrong.  These are the actual pics.
Is it a Lasius?  They're *everywhere* in my neighborhood right now.



#5 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted September 12 2017 - 4:24 PM

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Either Lasius alienus, neoniger or pallitarsis. Most likely L. neoniger.
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