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Queen ID. Monterey Bay, California July 13

Started By Iddizy , Jul 13 2018 2:56 PM

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#1 Offline Iddizy - Posted July 13 2018 - 2:56 PM

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Monterey Ca
7/13/2018
Suburban outside home
11mm
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Edited by Iddizy, July 13 2018 - 2:57 PM.

#2 Offline AntsBC - Posted July 13 2018 - 3:08 PM

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The queen is in the Formica fusca group, my guess would be Formica podzolica but there are so many black Formica queens that look alike it is hard to tell.

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#3 Offline Zeiss - Posted July 13 2018 - 3:14 PM

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Monterey Ca
7/13/2018
Suburban outside home
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Please follow posting standards, this gives the bare minimum of information that helps with IDing ants.

#4 Offline Iddizy - Posted July 13 2018 - 3:25 PM

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Sorry about that was at work and was a bit “antsy” to find out what species it was

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#5 Offline Zxirl - Posted July 15 2018 - 3:00 PM

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Agreeing with AntsBC. Though, Formica podzolica queens are 7-8mm, so I am leaning more towards Formica subsericea given length of 11mm

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#6 Offline Batspiderfish - Posted July 15 2018 - 3:12 PM

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That amount of information is fine, honestly.

Most likely Formica argentea, since F. subsericea doesn't exist in California.

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