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Queen ID - Henderson, CO 7/28/2017


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#1 Offline XZero38 - Posted July 28 2017 - 6:29 AM

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Body:
1. Henderson, CO

2. 7/28/2017
3. walking path next to open field
4. ~11 mm
5. Dark red, covered in hair
6. Legs are much larger then feet, large petoile.

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#2 Offline sgheaton - Posted July 28 2017 - 6:32 AM

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Heh, you weren't jokin' that something weird flew into ya'. I don't know, but just knowing where we are located and how things go, my thought is something Pogonomyrmex. 


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#3 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted July 28 2017 - 6:35 AM

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This is either Lasius murphyi or Lasius latipes.
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#4 Offline XZero38 - Posted July 28 2017 - 6:42 AM

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Both of those are social parasite queens. So if that's the case then ill have to find me a neoniger queen.



#5 Offline sgheaton - Posted July 28 2017 - 6:43 AM

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Good thing I have no idea what I'm talking about!

 

Ya've made things that much more difficult now, Zero! Ha! Nah..good deal. I'm excited to see how this queen goes. 


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#6 Offline VoidElecent - Posted July 28 2017 - 8:57 AM

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L. murphyi.



#7 Offline Mettcollsuss - Posted September 11 2017 - 5:19 AM

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Lasius claviger group. Definitely a parasitic species. 



#8 Offline Batspiderfish - Posted September 11 2017 - 6:23 AM

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You would need workers, not a queen.

 

http://www.formicult...cial-parasites/


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#9 Offline XZero38 - Posted September 11 2017 - 11:03 AM

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You would need workers, not a queen.

 

http://www.formicult...cial-parasites/

yeah ill have to see if i can find queens of this species next year as i currently have a couple neoniger queens in test tubes with no workers as of now but quite a bit of brood






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