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ID please, Upper Michigan 7/2/14

Started By ParaStatic , Jul 2 2014 11:22 AM

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#1 Offline ParaStatic - Posted July 2 2014 - 11:22 AM

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Found this colony in a rotted out 2"x8"x8' section of wood. Only used last 3 inches so I cut it off and brought it home. Have all the brood, workers and seen the queen. Have them seperated from the wood and moving into a test tube. They are about 4mm long and the queen only appears to be 1 or 2 mm longer in length. And escavator was due to demo the area they lived in so my little rescue colony.

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#2 Offline ParaStatic - Posted July 2 2014 - 11:55 AM

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Was in a wooded area with a lot of walking trails. Semi dense forest.

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#3 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 2 2014 - 12:51 PM

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Tetramorium?

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#4 Offline 123LordOfAnts123 - Posted July 2 2014 - 3:20 PM

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I'm gonna guess Myrmica.

#5 Offline ParaStatic - Posted July 3 2014 - 9:17 AM

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After looking at many many pictures I narrowed them down to tetramorium sp. Thanks dspdrew!

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#6 Offline Mercutia - Posted July 3 2014 - 8:23 PM

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Really??? 1-2mm is way too small for Tetramorium sp. E that we have here. And as far as I'm aware, that's the only Tetramorium sp. I know of in North America.