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Belgium - July 2016

Started By Belegkarnil , Jul 30 2016 10:29 PM

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#1 Offline Belegkarnil - Posted July 30 2016 - 10:29 PM

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You can access to picture here : http://belegkarnil.be/ant/

 

Hi all,

 

I am living in Belgium and I have ants in my home. Can you help me to identify the species ?

End of March, when the weather was good, I had a lot of flying insects (

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) and I think it was ants. On pictures, we can see these look like bees but picture are lighter than I saw them in reality.

 

Actually, I have a some ants in my home and I think it is a wood species (Camponotus pennsylvanicus).

 

 

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Can you tell me which species is it ?

 

The measure are in millimeters/centimeters. Thus around 3mm without antennae.

 

Thanks !


Edited by Belegkarnil, July 30 2016 - 11:12 PM.

#2 Offline Mdrogun - Posted July 30 2016 - 11:23 PM

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The first insect might be a bee or a wasp but it is definitely not an ant. The second insect is a Lasius sp. possibly Lasius emarginatus.


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#3 Offline Belegkarnil - Posted July 30 2016 - 11:40 PM

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Thank a lot for your reply !

Thus these ants do not make holes in wood :-)


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