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Queen ID Chesterfield,Virginia 4-12-15

Started By AntTeen804 , Apr 13 2015 4:54 PM

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#1 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted April 13 2015 - 4:54 PM

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I found her in a piece of tarp while cleaning my yard up. She's around 6-7 mm in length.

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#2 Offline dspdrew - Posted April 13 2015 - 5:03 PM

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Some sort of parasitic Lasius maybe?

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#3 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted April 13 2015 - 5:05 PM

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I thought it was a type of dorymyrmex.

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#4 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted April 13 2015 - 5:15 PM

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Ohhh ok it's Lasius Umbratus. That's really cool!

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#5 Offline AntLover101 - Posted April 13 2015 - 5:26 PM

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Is Lasius Umbratus parasitic?

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#6 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted April 13 2015 - 5:27 PM

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Yeah

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#7 Offline Foogoo - Posted April 13 2015 - 8:32 PM

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Some sort of parasitic Lasius maybe?

Why parasitic? Is it a physical feature or it doesn't resemble the non-parasitic species?

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