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Please and thank you ...

https://imgur.com/a/ADXcQYw

Went back out and found a second one.

https://imgur.com/a/5th2yAQ

Thanks in advance.

Our guess is those antennae are clubbed.

Please and thank you all.

https://imgur.com/a/tXVBIV4

Thanks so much. I'll get back with nanites in time.

Could this, GULP, be Crematogaster cerasi?

https://imgur.com/a/G2PLoIp

Thanks in advance.

This queen was previously identified as a Formica Sp. ( https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=6561 ) She now has her first clutch of nanitic workers and I was hoping I might get a species ID from one of you experts. I was expecting F. pallidefulva based on what I see around here and spec...

Is there an easy way to distinguish the two? I have watched and watched you guys make these IDs and and just don't get it. I have scoured the web and aside from the keys and flow charts (which don't help me) I can't find anything helpful. I hate to bother you guys every time I catch another Lasius a...

Never seen one. Very cool. Thanks.

https://imgur.com/a/bEBGoYN

Thanks all.

Thank you very much and that's interesting! I released her as we have 2 you identified as Lasius already set up. I'm just not confident enough yet to make the call and pass a queen up ... except for T. immigrans.