[*]I just caught this queen ant, would I be right to identify her as a Lasius Niger?
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1rLaw-KTStHSL98hZcvmQ7kLpUjKbtyE_
She's 9-10 mm long.
Sorry for the quality but i don't have a better camera
Is this queen a Lasius?
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Re: Is this queen a Lasius?
I don't think it is... most of Lasius Queens are only around 7-8mm, it could be formica? Depends on where you live.
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Re: Is this queen a Lasius?
I live in Northern italy.
Well, now that i have checked i must say that she does look like a formica fusca,thanks a lot.
Well, now that i have checked i must say that she does look like a formica fusca,thanks a lot.
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Re: Is this queen a Lasius?
no problem!
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Re: Is this queen a Lasius?
It does look like Formica, but probably not F. fusca (albeit a close relative.) Too difficult to tell from this distance.
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Re: Is this queen a Lasius?
Thanks.
So i guess she could be a lemani or anyway some other black colored ant of the formica genus.
So i guess she could be a lemani or anyway some other black colored ant of the formica genus.
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