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Wasp queen?
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, Yesterday, 5:43 PM
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Posted Yesterday, 5:43 PM
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Is this a wasp or hornet queen. Not too much experience keeping wasps and hornets and I have no idea what this is.
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Posted Today, 4:31 AM
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It seems like it, I see thoses wasps here and that one is wayyyyy to thick looking to be a worker
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Currently keeping:
1x Formica subsericea, 35-40 workers + BIG brood pile + 10 pupa
1x Crematogaster cerasi, 2 workers + eggs / larva? (pls don't die workers) *1 is trying to die* (I SAID DON’T DIE)
1x Myrmica ruba sp around 10 workers
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Posted Today, 9:44 AM
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Could you give size in mm? And could you give a clearer image of the abdomen from the top?
Edited by AntsGodzilla, Today, 9:52 AM.
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I keep: pogonomyrmex rugosus | myrmecocystus depilis | monomorium ergatogyna | Camponotus CA-02 | Pheidole Bicarinata
And many Carnivorous plants such as: Dionea (fly trap), Sarracenia (American Pitcher plant), Nepenthese (Tropical Pitcher plant), Drosera, (sundew) and Pinguicula (Butterwort) (show off your plants here)
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores it's provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. Proverbs 6: 6-8
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Posted Today, 10:37 AM
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My best guess would be vespula species, such as flavopilosa, maculifrons. It might even be Dolichovespula (arenaria?)
I just need a clear, full image of the abdomen.
Edited by AntsGodzilla, Today, 3:57 PM.
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I keep: pogonomyrmex rugosus | myrmecocystus depilis | monomorium ergatogyna | Camponotus CA-02 | Pheidole Bicarinata
And many Carnivorous plants such as: Dionea (fly trap), Sarracenia (American Pitcher plant), Nepenthese (Tropical Pitcher plant), Drosera, (sundew) and Pinguicula (Butterwort) (show off your plants here)
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores it's provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. Proverbs 6: 6-8
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Posted Today, 11:31 AM
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As in the 4th image but clearer?As of now, my best guess would be vespula species, such as flavopilosa, maculifrons, or germanica. It might even be Dolichovespula (arenaria?)
I just need a clear, full image of the abdomen.
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Posted Today, 12:45 PM
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To my eye it looks very obviously V. maculifrons.
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Posted Today, 1:43 PM
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Some more pictures
Also, size in mm is about 17-20mm
Also, size in mm is about 17-20mm
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Some more pictures
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Also, size in mm is about 17-20mm
I'm pretty confident in V. maculifrons.
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Posted Today, 1:46 PM
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Alright, thanks.
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