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#1 Offline Volant - Posted May 29 2017 - 4:26 PM

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 What ant is this? I wasn't sure if it was a worker or queen because of the large gaster.

 

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"Oportet nos cognoscere ex nostrorum VI-tripodes amicis."

 

Founding:

Tetramorium cf. caespitum (x1)

 

Lasius cf. Neoniger (x1)

 

Colony:

Tetramorium cf. caespitum (x1)

 
Solenopsis molesta (x3)
 
Aphaenogaster cf. picea (x1)

#2 Offline VoidElecent - Posted May 29 2017 - 4:29 PM

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You can do a little better than a pencil for reference. I think it's a Prenolepis imparis replete.


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#3 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted May 29 2017 - 4:35 PM

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The pictures aren't great and we don't have measurements, but it does look like a Prenolepis imparis worker. A large gaster isn't the most reliable way to identify a queen.




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