I am pretty sure I caught her in Quebec but isn't it too early in the season for them to have nuptials?
she is about 6-7 mm
(I also saw a male and others like her)
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Is this a myrmica?
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, Jul 29 2024 12:09 PM
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Posted July 29 2024 - 12:09 PM
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Currently keeping:
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1x Crematogaster cerasi, 1 workers + finally some bigger brood (The worker that was dying died 
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1x Myrmica ruba sp around 10 workers
*New* 1x founding Camponotus pennsylvanicus + eggs that die (probably infertile)
*New* 2x Camponotus nova, one is infertile
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Posted July 29 2024 - 3:44 PM
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Myrmica Rubra. I have a bunch. Semi-claustral so will require feeding during the founding stage. She also sometimes overwinters with her eggs, before having full adult workers, so it may take a while to get this colony started! Hope it works!
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Currently raising:
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Manica invidia (3 colonies, 3 queens plus brood)
Lasius niger (single queen + ~200+ workers)
Lasius americanus (3 colonies, ~5 workers p/colony)
Tetramorium immigrans (1 queen + ~1200 workers)
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Posted July 29 2024 - 4:03 PM
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but I am pretty sure they have like one of the last nubtial flights of the season where I am 
Currently keeping:
1x Formica subsericea, 35-40 workers + BIG brood pile + 10 pupa.
1x Crematogaster cerasi, 1 workers + finally some bigger brood (The worker that was dying died )
1x Myrmica ruba sp around 10 workers
*New* 1x founding Camponotus pennsylvanicus + eggs that die (probably infertile)
*New* 2x Camponotus nova, one is infertile
*As you watch your ants march, remember that every thing begins with a small step and continued by diligence and shared dreams*
-A.T (which is Me)
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Posted July 30 2024 - 4:50 AM
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I am now looking at her and she is a bit wobbly on her feet and her antenna has stopped moving
Currently keeping:
1x Formica subsericea, 35-40 workers + BIG brood pile + 10 pupa.
1x Crematogaster cerasi, 1 workers + finally some bigger brood (The worker that was dying died )
1x Myrmica ruba sp around 10 workers
*New* 1x founding Camponotus pennsylvanicus + eggs that die (probably infertile)
*New* 2x Camponotus nova, one is infertile
*As you watch your ants march, remember that every thing begins with a small step and continued by diligence and shared dreams*
-A.T (which is Me)
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Posted July 30 2024 - 7:52 AM
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Myrmica, yes, but not identifiable to species from this photo. To confirm M. rubra we would need a view of the face showing the evenly curved base of the scape, lacking any sort of lobe or carina, and the straight to slightly convex frontal carinae.
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Posted July 30 2024 - 2:22 PM
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but I am pretty sure they have like one of the last nuptial flights of the season where I am
Yah what I mean is that although they fly in August (at least where I live) they'll overwinter in their parents' colony, and leave in the spring, to begin their own colony. This according to Antwiki, anyways. This is actually how I caught my myrmica rubra!
I am pretty sure I caught her in Quebec but isn't it too early in the season for them to have nuptials?
she is about 6-7 mm
(I also saw a male and others like her)
Also I hope this is a macrogyne, not a microgyne, which are semi-parasitic and lay eggs alongside macrogynes. I don't think they can lay by themselves.
Currently raising:
Manica invidia (1 queen + ~30 workers)
Manica invidia (3 colonies, 3 queens plus brood)
Lasius niger (single queen + ~200+ workers)
Lasius americanus (3 colonies, ~5 workers p/colony)
Tetramorium immigrans (1 queen + ~1200 workers)
Tetramorium immigrans (3 colonies, 3 queens)
"I discovered that if one looks a little closer at this beautiful world, there are always red ants underneath."
- David Lynch
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Posted July 30 2024 - 4:04 PM
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she is a macrogene
I was unsure about her size but I learnt that microgene are smaller tho 
Currently keeping:
1x Formica subsericea, 35-40 workers + BIG brood pile + 10 pupa.
1x Crematogaster cerasi, 1 workers + finally some bigger brood (The worker that was dying died )
1x Myrmica ruba sp around 10 workers
*New* 1x founding Camponotus pennsylvanicus + eggs that die (probably infertile)
*New* 2x Camponotus nova, one is infertile
*As you watch your ants march, remember that every thing begins with a small step and continued by diligence and shared dreams*
-A.T (which is Me)
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