My first orange queen!

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Aquaexploder
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My first orange queen!

Post: # 21305Post Aquaexploder
Wed May 17, 2017 7:31 pm

Found today around 7:55 around 7mm and I think she has a stinger. Please Identify, I am thinking some sort of lasius.

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Crematogaster (2X)

Lasius Neoniger (2X)

Martialis
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Re: My first orange queen!

Post: # 21311Post Martialis
Wed May 17, 2017 8:55 pm

I can't really see her well, but this seems like a queen.
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Re: My first orange queen!

Post: # 21312Post Batspiderfish
Wed May 17, 2017 9:20 pm

If you enjoy my expertise and identifications, please do not put wild populations at risk of disease by releasing pet colonies. We are responsible to give our pets the best care we can manage for the rest of their lives.

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Re: My first orange queen!

Post: # 21323Post xTNxANTMANx
Wed May 17, 2017 11:39 pm

Yep, I agree 100%. I have found four of these little beauties already this year. I let mine go. I'm not ready for a parasite Queen just yet. It would have been a different story if I had more knowledge of the Lasius sp in general.
Keeping:
Camponotus subbarbatus
Formica pallidefulva x2
Formica subsericea x4
Lasius sp
Tetramorium immigrans x2
Dorymyrmex bureni

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Formica pallidefulva
Unknown sp x2

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Aquaexploder
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Re: My first orange queen!

Post: # 21327Post Aquaexploder
Thu May 18, 2017 8:11 am

I was going to set her free this morning however when I checked on her in her test tube setup she unfortunately passed away.
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Crematogaster (2X)

Lasius Neoniger (2X)

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