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Utah Ants, Keepers, Flights, and other Resources

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#181 Offline iggy - Posted June 9 2025 - 4:00 PM

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Here is another attempt to get the colors right under the microscope camera.  The background is brown cardboard.

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#182 Online Ants_Dakota - Posted June 9 2025 - 4:51 PM

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Here is another attempt to get the colors right under the microscope camera.  The background is brown cardboard.

 

 

 

Check out my Formica sp. Journal: https://www.formicul...urnal/?p=246305
There is post and ID thread I created on Formica montana, which could be your queen.


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#183 Offline iggy - Posted June 13 2025 - 9:21 AM

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Update.  I pulled her out of the dark drawer and checked her test tube today.  She has one egg and is quite active.  She has removed her wings.  Back to the dark drawer.


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#184 Offline jo16 - Posted Yesterday, 11:23 AM

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So this morning I got up at around 7:30am, and the ant colony in my front yard was carrying tons of princesses out of their nest they where all flying away, I'm assuming that it's a neptule flight.

So I hope this isn't a stupid question but I was just wondering how you can tell if it's a queen if it still has wings, because I can't help but wonder if some of the queens might still have wings but I just think that they are princesses?

 



#185 Offline ANTdrew - Posted Yesterday, 2:02 PM

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Check spelling: nuptial flight.
Some queens will keep their wings, so they are not a surefire way of determining if queens are mated or not. The Tetramorium you saw flying in your yard shed wings very quickly after mating, though. Winged Tetramorium queens you find are likely to be unmated.
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#186 Offline jo16 - Posted Yesterday, 5:30 PM

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thanks.







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