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Help with ID - Caught in Utah last week

Started By zenit55 , Yesterday, 9:11 PM

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#1 Online zenit55 - Posted Yesterday, 9:11 PM

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caught two queens last week. I am new to this

The one with the black thorax has 3 eggs now. no eggs on the brown/black (one with both wings) thorax one.

Could use help identifying them.

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#2 Offline bmb1bee - Posted Yesterday, 10:33 PM

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They're both Formica queens. The second one is fusca-group, I'm not certain on the first though.

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#3 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted Today, 4:15 AM

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You can compare them to queens I have raised in my Formica Journal: https://www.formicul...urnal/?p=244827

I would especially compare the second queen to my queen of Formica montana.

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