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[2boi]

I know the picture resolution is terrible, i currently don't have any other camera. Anyway, could someone please help me with identifying this ant and if it is a queen?

 

Collected in southern Norway 24. May 2018.

Found it on a concrete path besides a football field(probably 200m to the closest forest)

About 1,5cm from from head to gaster.

Has a shiny texture with deep red on the underside.

 

Behavior: don't know if this is normal but she don't try to escape the test tube as a Formica Rufa ant i cought. She is also raising her head every time i open the drawer her test tube is currently in.

 

As for special characteristics, date of nuptial flight and nest i don't know.

 

Pictures: 

Edited by 2boi, May 24 2018 - 8:09 AM.

[Mortamir]

http://www.formicult...read/#entry1333

[2boi]

http://www.formicult...read/#entry1333

Thanks for the link, I fixed it so it should be fine.

[VoidElecent]

Formica sp.

[Jonathan21700]

Parasitic too.

[2boi]

Parasitic too.

Thanks for the reply. Are you sure this is a slave maker? And do you know what formica species it could be? 

[Jonathan21700]

Not a slave maker like F. sanguinea but some species in the F. rufa group. 

https://en.wikipedia...a_species_group

Edited by Jonathan21700, May 24 2018 - 1:01 PM.