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Queen Ant ID
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 2:41 am
by Yazdan
Looks like a Formica rufibarbis to me given the size of the 2 nanitics, but I added some stolen brood from a formcia sanguinea or rufa colony to be sure, what do you think?
Re: Queen Ant ID
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 10:16 am
by Yazdan
I don't know why but the 2 of my posts merged together, these are obviously 2 different queens
Re: Queen Ant ID
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 2:03 pm
by Batspiderfish
Formica are often difficult to ID without a clear view of the hairs on their body. Does the second queen have any smaller cocoons with her? I fear those pupae are all reproductive caste.
Re: Queen Ant ID
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 2:36 pm
by Yazdan
I found the queen alone, they are all the same size except one much bigger and darker one on her left, I though it might be a major, but I guess it's an alate as you said. The other ones are smaller, you cannot see it so clear on that picture