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NY ID #3 - Lasius?

Started By Voidley , Aug 22 2023 1:20 PM

Best Answer ANTdrew , August 22 2023 - 1:56 PM

All of these ants are the same. Go to the full post

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#1 Online Voidley - Posted August 22 2023 - 1:20 PM

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1. NY

2. ~ Aug 14?

4. 10mm

5. Dark and light brown

#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 22 2023 - 1:56 PM Best Answer

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All of these ants are the same.

"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#3 Online Voidley - Posted August 22 2023 - 2:23 PM

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All of these ants are the same.

Yeah I'm realizing that #2 and #3 could probably have been only one post. I didn't know about #1 though because it was caught in July when formica usually fly and its head seems to be closer in size to its gaster than the other lasius which also made me think it was formica. I do know that #4 is different, I know I'm bad at IDing but hopefully I'm not that bad lol.

#4 Online Voidley - Posted August 22 2023 - 2:39 PM

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By the way, how do you do it? Some of the people on here are so good at ID-ing ant species. Are there resources that you use to practice/learn from or is it just from loads of practice? What advice could you give on how to improve at ID-ing?