Anyone please tell me if this is a Queen and and also what it is?

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Re: Anyone please tell me if this is a Queen and and also what it is?

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Sat Apr 29, 2017 10:31 pm

Batspiderfish wrote:
Sat Apr 29, 2017 9:17 pm
Unless it is not from the Eastern half of North America.
I spaced that entirely.. I didn't even realize there wasn't a location.
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Re: Anyone please tell me if this is a Queen and and also what it is?

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Sat Apr 29, 2017 11:07 pm

Martialis wrote:
Sat Apr 29, 2017 10:31 pm
Batspiderfish wrote:
Sat Apr 29, 2017 9:17 pm
Unless it is not from the Eastern half of North America.
I spaced that entirely.. I didn't even realize there wasn't a location.
I've visited this thread a few times, and had imagined different locations at various occasions before realizing that there was none. :P
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Re: Anyone please tell me if this is a Queen and and also what it is?

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Sun Apr 30, 2017 6:14 am

I live in Virginia

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Re: Anyone please tell me if this is a Queen and and also what it is?

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Sun Apr 30, 2017 10:12 am

Definently Camponotus pennsylvanicus then
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Camponotus subbarbatus
Formica pallidefulva x2
Formica subsericea x4
Lasius sp
Tetramorium immigrans x2
Dorymyrmex bureni

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Formica pallidefulva
Unknown sp x2

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Re: Anyone please tell me if this is a Queen and and also what it is?

Post: # 20353Post Batspiderfish
Sun Apr 30, 2017 10:51 am

If she's actually 10mm long, then Camponotus nearcticus or C. caryae are more likely.
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Sun Apr 30, 2017 11:09 am

I agree. Does this confirm Myrmetoma?
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Post: # 20359Post Batspiderfish
Sun Apr 30, 2017 12:31 pm

A view of the clypeus, on the front of the head, near the mandibles, would help confirm this. The measurement could just be off. Myrmentoma have a clypeal notch.
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