Formica subsericea ID confirmation please

[antsMAN]

Just seen one flying outside. One I have in a THA Talus and the others are in test tubes.

Caught in Canada, Nova Scotia, about 10mm, black with brownish legs, workers all black.









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[Batspiderfish]

Sorry for not answering this sooner on the other board. I've been looking through "A Field Guide to the Ants of New England", and they have a neat method of sorting through the Formica subsericea complex. Since it looks like The first two tergites of the queen's gaster are covered in silvery pubescence, she is not Formica fusca. Silvery pubescence on only the first two tergites suggests Formica glacialis, but if there is also hair on the third, and if the antennal scapes are longer than the length of the head, then she is most likely Formica subsericea.

[antsMAN]

Thanks Bat, Formica subserciea it is. I posted on the other forum crediting you.