Found ants and possible queen in my old flower pots. Help IDENTIFY
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Re: Found ants and possible queen in my old flower pots. Help IDENTIFY
Are you sure, it appears to be a lasius queen, but the yellow workers are Lasius flavus workers, along with the male.
Re: Found ants and possible queen in my old flower pots. Help IDENTIFY
Oh god. What's that mean. The winged males all died, I couldn't get them put of the enclosure to release. But all the other la including the other potential queens and yellow workers they have made themselves comfortable in the bottom.
Re: Found ants and possible queen in my old flower pots. Help IDENTIFY
From pictures and my inexperienced sizing compared to pictures and behavior research. I don't think I have a fertile queen of any species it is. Unless queens grow larger over time and I have a 1st year queen newly nuptial.
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Re: Found ants and possible queen in my old flower pots. Help IDENTIFY
The other ants do not look like Lasius flavus.
There are literally zero practical visual indicators that show whether a queen is mated or not. Social parasites do not have large gasters.
There are literally zero practical visual indicators that show whether a queen is mated or not. Social parasites do not have large gasters.
If you enjoy my expertise and identifications, please do not put wild populations at risk of disease by releasing pet colonies. We are responsible to give our pets the best care we can manage for the rest of their lives.
Re: Found ants and possible queen in my old flower pots. Help IDENTIFY
Ok so maybe I do have some queens. There's about 4 or 5 wingless, larger ants. I have my fingers crossed because they're so active ants.Batspiderfish wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2017 9:53 pmThe other ants do not look like Lasius flavus.
There are literally zero practical visual indicators that show whether a queen is mated or not. Social parasites do not have large gasters.
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