Can I get some help identifying this (possible) Queen?
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Can I get some help identifying this (possible) Queen?
Hello,
I caught what I think to be a queen in late November of last year in New Jersey, US. I have kept it in a test tube setup through winter and it has survived and now become more active as it has gotten warmer. When I first caught it, it had wings that have since fallen off, and it occasionally accepts honey I offer it. Can anyone tell me what this species might be and if it is a queen?
Here are the images, just copy and paste the link (Sorry for poor quality):
https://imgur.com/a/MkWVt
I caught what I think to be a queen in late November of last year in New Jersey, US. I have kept it in a test tube setup through winter and it has survived and now become more active as it has gotten warmer. When I first caught it, it had wings that have since fallen off, and it occasionally accepts honey I offer it. Can anyone tell me what this species might be and if it is a queen?
Here are the images, just copy and paste the link (Sorry for poor quality):
https://imgur.com/a/MkWVt
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Re: Can I get some help identifying this (possible) Queen?
Looks like a lasius niger maybe wrong though.
Re: Can I get some help identifying this (possible) Queen?
I have a little chart that I use to help me identify ants, but I need to see a picture of her gaster to see if she has an acid pore. Also, what size is it?
Re: Can I get some help identifying this (possible) Queen?
AntNoob1, I cant get a very clear picture of the gaster, but from what I can tell there is no acid pore. It is about 1 cm in length. I will keep trying to get a decent picture for you.
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Re: Can I get some help identifying this (possible) Queen?
where did you get that charts i thought most of them are for identifying workers.
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Re: Can I get some help identifying this (possible) Queen?
It is indeed a Queen.
However for me it sems like a harvester ant species maybe messor barbarus, i cant realy be sure because there is no clear picture of her gaster!
Hope this helped
However for me it sems like a harvester ant species maybe messor barbarus, i cant realy be sure because there is no clear picture of her gaster!
Hope this helped
Keeper of:
Lasius niger
Messor barbarus
Campanotus Barbaricus
Tetramorium Caespitum
Campanotus Vagus
Tapinoma nigerium
Iberoformica subrufa
Lasius niger
Messor barbarus
Campanotus Barbaricus
Tetramorium Caespitum
Campanotus Vagus
Tapinoma nigerium
Iberoformica subrufa
Re: Can I get some help identifying this (possible) Queen?
Crematogaster sp.
Re: Can I get some help identifying this (possible) Queen?
Is there something on her thorax? (middle bit) it looks kind of bumpy.
Re: Can I get some help identifying this (possible) Queen?
Yes, that was just two water droplets that got stuck on her. At first, i thought it may have been a mite but they have since gone away.
New at ant keeping
Re: Can I get some help identifying this (possible) Queen?
Crematogaster Spp.
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Keeper of:
Camponotus Modoc(6 workers)
Pheidole Spp (2 queens, about 10 workers)
Possibly parasitic Formica (further ID required)
Novomessor Cockerelli (10+ workers)
Keeper of:
Camponotus Modoc(6 workers)
Pheidole Spp (2 queens, about 10 workers)
Possibly parasitic Formica (further ID required)
Novomessor Cockerelli (10+ workers)
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