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West Olive July 6

Started By cfreidsma , Jul 5 2019 9:14 PM

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#1 Offline cfreidsma - Posted July 5 2019 - 9:14 PM

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LocationZeeland, Michigan

1. Location of collection: Wooded area near a house with a gravel road. She was walking on the gravel road.
2. Date of collection: July 5 early evening
3. Habitat of collection: Gravel road of a house in a wooded area.
4. Length: about 7mm
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture: I'm color blind so I am not much help here.
6. Distinguishing characteristics: Larger head, not sure it she is parasitic or not though.
7. Anything else distinctive (ie: odor, behavior, characteristics relative to others in the colony, etc.).
8. Nest description: none
9. Nuptial flight time and date: none

#2 Offline NickAnter - Posted July 6 2019 - 6:15 AM

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LocationOrange County, California

Looks like a parasitic Lasius species, likely Lasius aphidicola.

rbarreto likes this

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).

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