Queen? If so what kind.

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Mortamir
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Queen? If so what kind.

Post: # 26251Post Mortamir
Sat Jul 22, 2017 11:23 am

Found this little gal near some foraging Formica workers.
4mm, Western WA just now.


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Martialis
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Re: Queen? If so what kind.

Post: # 26259Post Martialis
Sat Jul 22, 2017 11:45 am

Stenamma, I would say.
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Mortamir
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Re: Queen? If so what kind.

Post: # 26268Post Mortamir
Sat Jul 22, 2017 12:00 pm

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Re: Queen? If so what kind.

Post: # 26294Post Batspiderfish
Sat Jul 22, 2017 1:45 pm

Looks like Leptothorax sp.
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Mortamir
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Re: Queen? If so what kind.

Post: # 26297Post Mortamir
Sat Jul 22, 2017 1:51 pm

Ok so I should release her?
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Re: Queen? If so what kind.

Post: # 26299Post Batspiderfish
Sat Jul 22, 2017 2:02 pm

Mortamir wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 22, 2017 1:51 pm
 Ok so I should release her?
I don't know much about them or their founding habits. If you find anything about keeping them, feel free to give it a shot.
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ErikAase
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Re: Queen? If so what kind.

Post: # 26364Post ErikAase
Sat Jul 22, 2017 7:05 pm

A queen very similar found me as I was waiting for a table at The Crazy Norwegians restaurant in Port Orford, Oregon on July 14th. In my efforts to identify it I would agree with Batspiderfish and would add Stenamma diecki. This is because the petiole shape and the dark brown almost black color. You can see parts of her wings in the photo. Can't find any info on claustral mode.
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Mortamir
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Re: Queen? If so what kind.

Post: # 26433Post Mortamir
Sun Jul 23, 2017 8:48 am

Well unless your ready for her, you should release her. They are highly dependant on another species to survive.
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Re: Queen? If so what kind.

Post: # 26438Post tiger01vincent
Sun Jul 23, 2017 9:08 am

Am I way out if I say myrmica? Cause of the shinyness of the gaster?
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