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Male Ant ID (Lasius sp.) (Trabuco Canyon, CA) (7-2-2015)

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Best Answer dspdrew , July 3 2015 - 4:54 PM

Wow this gets stranger all the time. The same night I just found a parasitic Lasius queen in these hills (that don't get snow by the way), and now James C. Trager thinks this is a Lasius male.

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#1 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 2 2015 - 9:47 PM

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1. Location of collection: Trabuco Canyon, California.
2. Date of collection:  6-28-2015.
3. Habitat of collection:  Chaparral, oak forest.
4. Length (from head to gaster):  3 mm.
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture:  Light brown with yellow appendages.
6. Distinguishing characteristics: Very small gaster.
7. Anything else distinctive:
8. Nest description:

 

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#2 Offline Jonathan21700 - Posted July 3 2015 - 3:54 AM

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Isn't this a male?


Edited by Jonathan21700, July 3 2015 - 3:55 AM.


#3 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 3 2015 - 4:59 AM

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Haha, I honestly was not sure. The head certainly doesn't look male, but the gaster sure does. Last time I thought I found "males" I couldn't identify(Dolopomyrmex), they turned out to be females. I think I'm actually going to change the title.



#4 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 3 2015 - 5:06 AM

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Okay duh... I figured it out. I think It might be a Nylanderia male.



#5 Offline cpman - Posted July 3 2015 - 2:49 PM

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That was my first guess as well...
I tend to get confused at the size of their heads.

#6 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 3 2015 - 4:54 PM   Best Answer

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Wow this gets stranger all the time. The same night I just found a parasitic Lasius queen in these hills (that don't get snow by the way), and now James C. Trager thinks this is a Lasius male.



#7 Offline Jonathan21700 - Posted July 4 2015 - 2:39 AM

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I think it's a Lasius male too.



#8 Offline LC3 - Posted July 4 2015 - 11:04 AM

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Kinda looks like a parasitic wasp.



#9 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 4 2015 - 11:50 AM

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Dr. Trager also thinks it is probably the same species as the parasitic queen, so if that's the case, it's not a wasp, but it would be a parasitic species.







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