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What queen is this

Started By jimglim1234 , Sep 2 2020 6:21 PM

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#1 Offline jimglim1234 - Posted September 2 2020 - 6:21 PM

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caught her couple days ago idk what she is

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#2 Offline Froggy - Posted September 2 2020 - 6:33 PM

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looks like Aphenogaster

#3 Offline ponerinecat - Posted September 2 2020 - 7:42 PM

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Aphaenogaster. Maybe rudis or something similar.

#4 Offline ponerinecat - Posted September 2 2020 - 7:44 PM

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Also. Why is she in a full sized antscanada nest. Not very good for singular founding queens. Aphaenogaster don't really do well in vertical plastic nests either. Will probably have to move them, now or later.

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#5 Offline Manitobant - Posted September 2 2020 - 7:47 PM

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I would move that queen into a test tube. She veru likely won't survive in that nest without a sizable workforce.

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#6 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted September 3 2020 - 5:13 AM

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I don't think rudis. I have rudis and they don't have that that shiny orange abdomens.

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#7 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted September 3 2020 - 5:16 AM

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I don't think rudis. I have rudis and they don't have that that shiny orange abdomens.

rudis is a species complex, so both yours and the OP’s probably are. Also, theirs is physogastric and that also makes it look more orange, but generally color is a bad way to identify ants.

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#8 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted September 3 2020 - 10:53 AM

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Looks like Aphaenogaster

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#9 Offline Antkid12 - Posted September 3 2020 - 1:57 PM

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I think this is Apheanogaster rudis complex.

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Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, ~~Brachymyrmex sp.~~ possibly infertile , Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!