Black Queen, Oregon

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SamuelMamuel
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Black Queen, Oregon

Post: # 26856Post SamuelMamuel
Tue Jul 25, 2017 10:33 pm

Caught this black queen today amongst an old pile of bricks. She is black and about 1 cm long. At first I thought she was just a campo worker, but she is definitely a queen. Not a tetra either. Caught her July 25 in Oregon.
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Colonies:
--Tetramorium Caespitum
--Camponotus pennsylvanicus
--Formica Sp.
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Re: Black Queen, Oregon

Post: # 26858Post Jadeninja9
Tue Jul 25, 2017 10:52 pm

Formica sp
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1x Camponotus Hyatti
1x Lasius alienus colonies
1x Tetramorium immigrans
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Re: Black Queen, Oregon

Post: # 26860Post SamuelMamuel
Tue Jul 25, 2017 10:55 pm

Jadeninja9 wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 25, 2017 10:52 pm
Formica sp
So, does that mean it is a social parasite?
Colonies:
--Tetramorium Caespitum
--Camponotus pennsylvanicus
--Formica Sp.
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Re: Black Queen, Oregon

Post: # 26861Post Jadeninja9
Tue Jul 25, 2017 10:56 pm

What? no. Not all Formica are parasites.
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Re: Black Queen, Oregon

Post: # 26862Post SamuelMamuel
Tue Jul 25, 2017 11:00 pm

Jadeninja9 wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 25, 2017 10:56 pm
 What? no. Not all Formica are parasites.
Oh good, I still have hope :D Are Formica cooler than Tetra? I am really looking for something a bit more unique than tetra. I just want something that will grow quickly, be perhaps a little larger, and would actually be fun to watch when they eat and attack their prey.
Colonies:
--Tetramorium Caespitum
--Camponotus pennsylvanicus
--Formica Sp.
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Re: Black Queen, Oregon

Post: # 26864Post Jadeninja9
Tue Jul 25, 2017 11:01 pm

I don't have any experience with Formica sorry lol
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Re: Black Queen, Oregon

Post: # 26922Post SamuelMamuel
Wed Jul 26, 2017 12:43 pm

I did some looking around and I am thinking Formica Neogagates.
Colonies:
--Tetramorium Caespitum
--Camponotus pennsylvanicus
--Formica Sp.
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Re: Black Queen, Oregon

Post: # 26929Post Batspiderfish
Wed Jul 26, 2017 1:48 pm

It looks like something from the fusca group, which F. neogagates isn't. Could be Formica argentea.
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Re: Black Queen, Oregon

Post: # 26974Post SamuelMamuel
Wed Jul 26, 2017 9:59 pm

Batspiderfish wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 26, 2017 1:48 pm
 It looks like something from the fusca group, which F. neogagates isn't. Could be Formica argentea.
So is my queen a social parasite? And does she grow fungus?
Colonies:
--Tetramorium Caespitum
--Camponotus pennsylvanicus
--Formica Sp.
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