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Posted August 17 2023 - 10:45 AM
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Found these last night in Alexandria Virginia. 16Aug23. A little under 1cm in length. Caught them around 2300. Pretty fast movers and we’re found digging together
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Posted August 17 2023 - 10:53 AM
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Lasius maybe Brevicornis because they were digging together but could be nr neoniger.
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Posted August 17 2023 - 12:13 PM
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Looks like neoniger to me. I know they had massive flight in our area yesterday. Separate those queens, by the way.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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Posted August 17 2023 - 12:31 PM
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Looks like neoniger to me. I know they had massive flight in our area yesterday. Separate those queens, by the way.
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Posted August 17 2023 - 12:32 PM
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It probably is.
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Posted August 17 2023 - 2:36 PM
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Thank y’all. I’m not very good at identifying them yet but I’ll get there. Just caught another today with an aspirator. Should have had a fuel filter on it because it sprayed something. Should I post the pic here or make a new thread?
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Posted August 17 2023 - 2:50 PM
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Just post it here.
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Posted August 17 2023 - 3:03 PM
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Caught under a piece of broken concrete. Pretty fast but stood her ground and guarded her cocoon and eggs. About 1.4 cm long.
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Posted August 17 2023 - 3:16 PM
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Formica subsericea. Quite hard to find in our area.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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Posted August 18 2023 - 7:10 AM
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Caught under a piece of broken concrete. Pretty fast but stood her ground and guarded her cocoon and eggs. About 1.4 cm long.
Did you collect her cocoon and eggs? It's always a bad idea to leave a queen's brood behind when collecting them from underneath rocks and wood.
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Posted August 18 2023 - 7:18 AM
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Yes I collected the cocoon and eggs as well. Lost about 3 of the eggs out of what looks like 10 since they stuck to the aspirator tube due to whatever she sprayed when I got her. Took me about an hour of trying to carefully remove them but it was done. I can take another picture of her in the test tube when I get some food down
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