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[TennesseeAnts]

1st queen is Camponotus nearcticus, or Camponotus caryae. Second might be Nylanderia.

[Aaron567]

Camponotus nearcticus/caryae (would need closer pictures of the sides of the head), and Brachymyrmex patagonicus for the small queen, due to the back of her head being sharply concave and the length of her gaster. B. obscurior is closest but is a tropical species that has apparently no dense populations outside of Florida and no reports from NC.

[Thatfa666ene]

Sorry haven't had much time to take any photos. Most of these queens seemed to be virgins still so I have released them. I kept the ones who had laid eggs. 

Good news is I've caught more ants and have taken some better photos. 

I caught this queen at the door at work when I closed. She's very tiny at 5mm. As soon as I got her in the test tube with water she shed her wings and laid that egg.

[TennesseeAnts]

Looks like either Brachymyrmex or Nylanderia.

[Martialis]

I’d say B. patagonicus or B. obscurior. I’m leaning toward the former.

[Thatfa666ene]

There's another one in the same test tube who has not shed her wings or laid any eggs. Will they get along? I need to get a microscope.

[Thatfa666ene]

So I caught this a little while back not sure exactly when. Just noticing now that she's unlike all my other queens. About 7mm.

[TennesseeAnts]

Probably Solenopsis invicta x richeri.

[Thatfa666ene]

Probably Solenopsis invicta x richeri.

I need to retake some photos of those ants I caught a couple months ago that were identified as solenopsis Invicta cause they are very different in size. Like double the size.

[AntsDakota]

Looks like a species of Lasius, a social parasite species. It was likely near the Camponotus colony during diapause. Based on the shape of the antennae, and how pilose she is, she may be L. claviger.

Possibly L. interjectus?

[AnthonyP163]

 

Looks like a species of Lasius, a social parasite species. It was likely near the Camponotus colony during diapause. Based on the shape of the antennae, and how pilose she is, she may be L. claviger.

Possibly L. interjectus?

 

Lasius claviger.

[Thatfa666ene]

Found these on a trip to Emerald Isle this week. Caught at night under some lights at a beach house. First one is 1 cm.

 

This one is 7mm. 

[TennesseeAnts]

Lasius americanus and Forlieus sp.

[Aaron567]

The 7mm length and ovular head of the second queen points to Dorymyrmex bureni for me. First queen is certainly a Lasius, though.

[Thatfa666ene]

Some of these queens have got their first couple rounds of workers. This first queen was identified as Solenopsis Invicta. Workers are maybe 4mm.

 

I can't really remember if I uploaded pics of this queen to be identified. Workers are like 2 mm, and the queen is 6mm.

[TennesseeAnts]

Second queen is Pheidole bicarinata.

[Thatfa666ene]

Second queen is Pheidole bicarinata.

Sweet. I've had Pheidole on my capture list.

[Thatfa666ene]

So caught this on the light attractor this morning. About 5mm




Also I've had this queen for a while now, and she finally laid a couple of eggs. To my eye they looked awfully reddish brown and wasn't sure if that's normal. She's 1.5cm

[TennesseeAnts]

Brachyponera chinensis male and Camponotus nearcticus queen.

[NickAnter]

Uh, I think the first one is a wasp.  It looks nothing like a B. chinensis male. Also, the antennae are not those of an ant.