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[WealthyCow]

Location- Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Habitat – Along a sidewalk.

Colouration- Yellow hue, darker thorax, lighter legs and abdomen. Semi Shiny.

Size - Approximately 8mm.

Behaviour – Medium speed, runs and hides when spotted.

 

https://imgur.com/a/dXRR6wx

 

Edited by WealthyCow, September 11 2019 - 5:07 PM.

[VoidElecent]

Probably Lasius neoniger, but those legs are pretty yellow, so could be Lasius flavus.

[WealthyCow]

Thank you very much for the prompt response on all three posts. Also, are any of them polygynous? 

Edited by WealthyCow, September 11 2019 - 5:13 PM.

[VoidElecent]

Thank you very much for the prompt response on all three posts. Also, are any of them polygynous? 

 

If I recall correctly, Crematogaster cerasi and Formica neogagates are occasionally polygynous, yes. L. neoniger is not.

[WealthyCow]

 

Thank you very much for the prompt response on all three posts. Also, are any of them polygynous? 

 

If I recall correctly, Crematogaster cerasi and Formica neogagates are occasionally polygynous, yes. L. neoniger is not.

 

 

Lasius Flavus is polygynous? If it helps, I found about 40 of them as I walked around the sidewalk for an hour. When they were in a container together, they seemed to congregate in little groups of 3-4.

Edited by WealthyCow, September 11 2019 - 5:21 PM.

[AntsDakota]

 

 

Thank you very much for the prompt response on all three posts. Also, are any of them polygynous? 

 

If I recall correctly, Crematogaster cerasi and Formica neogagates are occasionally polygynous, yes. L. neoniger is not.

 

 

Lasius Flavus is polygynous? If it helps, I found about 40 of them as I walked around the sidewalk for an hour. When they were in a container together, they seemed to congregate in little groups of 3-4.

 

Yes, they are. Yet Lasius flavus are European. Their North American counterpart is L. brevicornis. Both are polygynous.