Hi all! What a difference a good camera makes. I have a few MUCH better pictures of my first queen and some great pictures of my second to get IDs with
Queen #1, caught May 30; approximately 10 mm long. Tentatively identified as Formica based on my earlier pictures.
She already has a few larvae as well as eggs!
Queen #2, caught June 13, approximately 15-17 mm long
The reddish coloration really comes out with the camera flash! She already has five or six eggs.
Any help is greatly appreciated
Two New Brunswick, Canada queens for ID
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- idahoantgirl
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Re: Two New Brunswick, Canada queens for ID
queen one looks kinda formica-ish to me. anyone agree? I agree with camponotus for queen two
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Re: Two New Brunswick, Canada queens for ID
Queen #1 - Formica cinerea
Queen #2 - camponotus noveboracensis
Queen #2 - camponotus noveboracensis
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Re: Two New Brunswick, Canada queens for ID
Formica cinerea is a European species. This is likely Formica podzolica, although Formica glacialis is another possibility (depending on how many gastral tergites have a layer of fine pubescence).
I agree with Camponotus novaeboracensis
I agree with Camponotus novaeboracensis
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