Queen ant identification

Help with identifying the species your ants

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Jadeninja9
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Re: Queen ant identification

Post: # 23691Post Jadeninja9
Wed Jun 28, 2017 7:04 pm

Oh yeah and also do you have a water portion blocked off with cotton?
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Re: Queen ant identification

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Wed Jun 28, 2017 7:49 pm

Yes I do
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Re: Queen ant identification

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Thu Jun 29, 2017 1:59 pm

Queen two is definitely not Tetramorium. More than one picture never hurts.
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Re: Queen ant identification

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Thu Jun 29, 2017 3:15 pm

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here are some better pictures of the second queen can anyone help me ID it now
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Re: Queen ant identification

Post: # 23726Post Jadeninja9
Thu Jun 29, 2017 3:43 pm

Messor barbarus maybe for the new photos
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Re: Queen ant identification

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Thu Jun 29, 2017 3:49 pm

I have no idea will it help if I told you that I found it hiding under a rock in the late afternoon
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Re: Queen ant identification

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Thu Jun 29, 2017 3:52 pm

Andrew17888 wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 29, 2017 3:49 pm
 I have no idea will it help if I told you that I found it hiding under a rock in the late afternoon
Idk. Maybe Batspiderfish can help
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Re: Queen ant identification

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Thu Jun 29, 2017 4:15 pm

Are you sure it's not tetramorium
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Re: Queen ant identification

Post: # 23730Post Batspiderfish
Thu Jun 29, 2017 5:06 pm

With the slightly better pictures, it's looking like Aphaenogaster to me. Still very hard to make out, because dark and blurry. Messor doesn't exist in Massachusetts.
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Re: Queen ant identification

Post: # 23731Post Jadeninja9
Thu Jun 29, 2017 5:10 pm

Batspiderfish wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 29, 2017 5:06 pm
 With the slightly better pictures, it's looking like Aphaenogaster to me. Still very hard to make out, because dark and blurry. Messor doesn't exist in Massachusetts.
Oh lol
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