Formica Fusca ID

antsMAN · Post: # 2376Post **antsMAN** Sat Aug 15, 2015 6:48 pm

What I believe to be a Formica Fusca, Please confirm. Caught them both August 15 2015, Nova Scotia.

This one is a bit smaller but I think she is a the same.

WillWithAnts · Post: # 2440Post **WillWithAnts** Mon Aug 17, 2015 10:00 am

What's weird is this year I caught 3 Formica Fusca queens and none of them layed

Gregory2455 · Post: # 2481Post **Gregory2455** Mon Aug 17, 2015 10:22 pm

WillWithAnts wrote:What's weird is this year I caught 3 Formica Fusca queens and none of them layed

I had a Formica fusca queen go nine months without laying a single egg, then she eventually got workers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbsDupZs82E

Yeah also I am pretty sure this is F.fusca or something pretty close to it.

antsMAN · Post: # 2613Post **antsMAN** Wed Aug 19, 2015 1:48 pm

I noticed your Formica fusca Queen had brownish legs, Mine are completely shinny black.

antsMAN · Post: # 10249Post **antsMAN** Mon Aug 22, 2016 9:43 am

She turned out to be a Formica subsericea queen.

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