Best Answer NicholasP , April 3 2022 - 10:35 PM
I have to disagree. It is certainly possible it is L. neoniger but to me it looks more like L. americanus.
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Posted April 1 2022 - 7:04 AM
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Ok so I caught this queen a few days ago and I was just wondering if anyone knows the exact species.Every time I have tried to found this species they just randomly die.If anyone knows what species this is that would help a lot.
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Edited by antsriondel, April 1 2022 - 7:06 AM.
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Posted April 1 2022 - 7:07 AM
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Posted April 1 2022 - 7:12 AM
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Location? Looks like Lasius (Lasius).
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Posted April 1 2022 - 7:37 AM
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It indeed looks like Lasius to me.
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Posted April 1 2022 - 9:08 AM
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It's 100% Lasius and I'm almost 100% certain that it's Lasius americanus but they shouldn't be flying right now. Did you find it just walking around or was it under a rock?
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Posted April 1 2022 - 9:16 AM
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It's 100% Lasius and I'm almost 100% certain that it's Lasius americanus but they shouldn't be flying right now. Did you find it just walking around or was it under a rock?
it was under a rock
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Posted April 1 2022 - 9:18 AM
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It's 100% Lasius and I'm almost 100% certain that it's Lasius americanus but they shouldn't be flying right now. Did you find it just walking around or was it under a rock?
it was under a rock
She probably flew last season and has just woken up from diapause.
Edited by ColAnt735, April 1 2022 - 9:18 AM.
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( 1 colony with a worker). Temnothorax curvispinosus ( 1 queen with colony of 2 workers).
Formicinae: Prenolepis imparis ( 2 single queen colonies). Lasius brevicornis ( 19 founding queens) haven't seen many journals of them. Lasius Neoniger (a founding queen).Formica incerta( 1 colony with 22 workers)
Previously kept: Pogonomyrmex occidentalis ( 1 colony with 9 workers).
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Posted April 1 2022 - 9:53 AM
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It's 100% Lasius and I'm almost 100% certain that it's Lasius americanus but they shouldn't be flying right now. Did you find it just walking around or was it under a rock?
it was under a rock
She probably flew last season and has just woken up from diapause.
I know that.
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Posted April 1 2022 - 10:07 AM
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Posted April 1 2022 - 10:45 AM
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There’s no way this is myrmecocystus testaceus right? Its somewhat close to where they are recorded.
I don't think so. The head shape looks off for M. testaceus
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Posted April 1 2022 - 6:56 PM
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Location? Looks like Lasius (Lasius).
I second this. Although for Lasius individual species doesn't particularly matter in terms of care, and I do agree she's probably not Myrmecocystus. But I guess you can be surprised if she ends up getting repletes.
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Posted April 2 2022 - 12:38 PM
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There’s no way this is myrmecocystus testaceus right? Its somewhat close to where they are recorded.
It's not. Myrmecocystus have larger eyes closer to the back of the head.
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Posted April 3 2022 - 4:53 PM
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does anyone know the exact species?
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Posted April 3 2022 - 8:31 PM
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Posted April 3 2022 - 10:35 PM
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I have to disagree. It is certainly possible it is L. neoniger but to me it looks more like L. americanus.
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Posted April 4 2022 - 5:49 AM
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I agree with NicholasP this looks like Lasius americanus due to the fact that there seems to be a lack of hair on the legs.
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Myrmicinae: Solenopsis molesta( 2 queens). Tetramorium immigrans ( 3 colonies with the biggest nearing 800 workers!),
Crematogaster cerasi ( 1 colony with a worker). Temnothorax curvispinosus ( 1 queen with colony of 2 workers).
Formicinae: Prenolepis imparis ( 2 single queen colonies). Lasius brevicornis ( 19 founding queens) haven't seen many journals of them. Lasius Neoniger (a founding queen).Formica incerta( 1 colony with 22 workers)
Previously kept: Pogonomyrmex occidentalis ( 1 colony with 9 workers).
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Posted April 4 2022 - 3:27 PM
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I have to disagree. It is certainly possible it is L. neoniger but to me it looks more like L. americanus.
thanks! 
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