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Queen Ant ID (Illinois)

Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 5:05 pm
by CJPampers
I live in Orland Park in Illinois and just a few days ago i caught 4 queens, all with wings, But i can't figure out what ant species they are. Here are the images:
ImageImageImageImage Thanks for any help and tell me if you need something else!

Re: Queen Ant ID (Illinois)

Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 5:58 pm
by CJPampers
New and improved pictures:
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Also i think she has 1 petiole node that looks like a spike as can be blurrily seen on the second and last photos.

Re: Queen Ant ID (Illinois)

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:31 am
by antnest8
she kind of looks like camponotus species but, she does not look big enough

Re: Queen Ant ID (Illinois)

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:22 pm
by CJPampers
antnest8 wrote:
Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:31 am
she kind of looks like camponotus species but, she does not look big enough
well the ruler is in cm so she would be around 15 mm

Re: Queen Ant ID (Illinois)

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 3:42 pm
by antnest8
do you include antenna length for identifying cause i would say she is camponotus pennsylvanicus