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Ant id, Tappahanock Va, Lasius, Formica?

Started By KitsAntVa , Jul 25 2020 5:45 AM

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#1 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted July 25 2020 - 5:45 AM

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Caught
-9:40
-Outside in in yard covered on all sides by heavy wood.
-removed wings
-location Tappahanock, Va
-definitely queen ant not wasp. DD8BCE3F-B1FC-4491-B061-DFFA6AAFFF30.jpeg C4D36C26-6372-4BDE-8E6A-07E913742FAE.jpeg
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#2 Offline Spazmops - Posted July 25 2020 - 6:16 AM

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Length would help considerably, as would color description because the picture isn’t showing the colors very clearly

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Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 

#3 Offline Spazmops - Posted July 25 2020 - 6:21 AM

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I believe it to be Lasius sp., probably in the umbratus group, but I may be wrong.


Edited by Spazmops, July 25 2020 - 8:09 AM.

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Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 

#4 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted July 25 2020 - 6:33 AM

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Lasius social parasite in the subgenus Acanthomyops.


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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans                                  Camponotus vicinus, modoc, novaeboracensis, herculeanus

Formica pallidefulva, argentea                        Solenopsis molesta

Formica cf. aserva                                          Lasius brevicornis, neoniger

Pheidole bicarinata

Lasius claviger

#5 Offline Spazmops - Posted July 25 2020 - 6:45 AM

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Ah, yes. I thought the gaster was at a weird angle, but I think you’re right. I’m not the best at IDing ants yet, and I only tried because no one else had commented


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Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 

#6 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted July 25 2020 - 7:18 AM

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What are their host workers by chance?
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#7 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted July 25 2020 - 7:28 AM

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Lasius social parasite in the subgenus Acanthomyops.

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#8 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 25 2020 - 7:34 AM

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I believe it to be Formica sp., probably in the umbratus group, but I may be wrong.

That doesnt exist  :lol:

 

What are their host workers by chance?

Other lasius. Not too certain on preferred species.


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#9 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted July 25 2020 - 7:40 AM

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I believe it to be Formica sp., probably in the umbratus group, but I may be wrong.

That doesnt exist  :lol:

 

What are their host workers by chance?

Other lasius. Not too certain on preferred species.

 

I use Lasius americanus, which seem more receptive to social parasites. 


"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans                                  Camponotus vicinus, modoc, novaeboracensis, herculeanus

Formica pallidefulva, argentea                        Solenopsis molesta

Formica cf. aserva                                          Lasius brevicornis, neoniger

Pheidole bicarinata

Lasius claviger

#10 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 25 2020 - 7:49 AM

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Let her go. Ain’t worth the trouble.
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#11 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted July 25 2020 - 8:07 AM

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Ima just get some host workers from my yard. I have a ton back there.
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#12 Offline Spazmops - Posted July 25 2020 - 8:10 AM

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I believe it to be Formica sp., probably in the umbratus group, but I may be wrong.

That doesnt exist  :lol:

 

What are their host workers by chance?

Other lasius. Not too certain on preferred species.

 

I think I meant Lasius, but I’m an idiot, so who knows 


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Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 

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