[IMPORTANT] Ant Queen Identification

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Firecatto21
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Location: Southern Spain

[IMPORTANT] Ant Queen Identification

Post: # 36185Post Firecatto21
Mon May 21, 2018 1:45 pm

Recently I made a post about my ant queen species I got the answer of formica rufibarbis. However, on another forum I asked the same question and someone said formica rufa. It is very important for me to know which ant queen this is as the rufa species is a parasitic ant so can someone please tell me if my ant queen is formica rufa or formica rufibarbis.

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https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Lmwkj4U5H4Vb1IFnIDDKa0bviQTxqeoq
Keeper of:
-Messor Barbarus x2
-Messor capitatus
-Camponotus Herculeanus
-Temnothorax
-Monomorium sp.
-Plagiolepis
-Messor barbarus unmated princess

RAGEOWL
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Location: Oregon

Re: [IMPORTANT] Ant Queen Identification

Post: # 36188Post RAGEOWL
Mon May 21, 2018 1:57 pm

I have to say that looks very similar to the one I caught...someone identified mine as camponotus modoc...

Mine has a large black body with red legs.
1 **** sapiens colony 1 queen 1 king 1 baby born 5/30/18
1 c. Modoc queen ( found 6/18/18)
1 c. Modoc queen ( found 6/19/18)
1 c. Noveboracensis queen ( found 6/19/18)
1 c. Noveboracensis queen (found 6/19/18) (eggs 6/23/18)

Firecatto21
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Location: Southern Spain

Re: [IMPORTANT] Ant Queen Identification

Post: # 36191Post Firecatto21
Mon May 21, 2018 2:03 pm

I forgot to say she is about 1 cm in length
And it is camponotus modoc since she is not mostly black
Keeper of:
-Messor Barbarus x2
-Messor capitatus
-Camponotus Herculeanus
-Temnothorax
-Monomorium sp.
-Plagiolepis
-Messor barbarus unmated princess

Firecatto
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Joined: Sat Jul 08, 2017 1:05 pm
Location: Alicante

Re: [IMPORTANT] Ant Queen Identification

Post: # 36223Post Firecatto
Tue May 22, 2018 5:48 am

Firecatto21 wrote:
Mon May 21, 2018 2:03 pm
I forgot to say she is about 1 cm in length
And it is camponotus modoc since she is not mostly black
It is not componotus modoc

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