Queen Ant ID

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Yazdan
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Queen Ant ID

Post: # 37997Post Yazdan
Sun Jun 17, 2018 2:41 am

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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?

Yazdan
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Re: Queen Ant ID

Post: # 38011Post Yazdan
Sun Jun 17, 2018 10:16 am

I don't know why but the 2 of my posts merged together, these are obviously 2 different queens

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Re: Queen Ant ID

Post: # 38028Post Batspiderfish
Sun Jun 17, 2018 2:03 pm

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.
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Yazdan
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Re: Queen Ant ID

Post: # 38038Post Yazdan
Sun Jun 17, 2018 2:36 pm

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

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