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1sttimeantfarm

ID please

Post: # 25324Post 1sttimeantfarm
Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:01 pm

I was going to stop at 7 queens but this lady looked like one I didn't have before. Caught today 11-12mm in Ottawa, Ontario Canada.
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Martialis
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Post: # 25327Post Martialis
Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:08 pm

Formica sp.
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1sttimeantfarm

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Post: # 25329Post 1sttimeantfarm
Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:16 pm

Social parasite or one I can keep?
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Post: # 25332Post Martialis
Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:24 pm

You are able to keep parasites. This one isn't one, though.
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Post: # 25385Post Batspiderfish
Mon Jul 17, 2017 8:33 pm

Pictures showing off the shininess of the different segments of the gaster will help narrow this down to the species.
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