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by Good2Know15
Sat Feb 19, 2022 10:54 am
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Carpenter or Pavement?
Replies: 6
Views: 3359

Re: Carpenter or Pavement?

Hi, my boyfriend and I need some help identifying a queen we found back in May. We found her in the middle of May in Leavenworth Washington, USA. She only had a piece of one wing left and began laying her eggs days after giving her a home. I found her in the women's restroom, doing her royal duty. ...
by Good2Know15
Sat Feb 19, 2022 10:49 am
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Species Identification request, UAE
Replies: 2
Views: 926

Re: Species Identification request, UAE

Hey, could you maybe identify this species? I think its an Acrobat ant and its a queen right? I found it in a park on Jan 1st 2022.Its around 7 mm.I live in UAE, Dubai. Here's the pic: https://imgur.com/a/lpolyW2 Hi there, This is not an ant, it's a parasitic wasp. I've been to Dubai, UAE, last Oct...
by Good2Know15
Sat Feb 19, 2022 10:23 am
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Help Me Identify These Queens!
Replies: 27
Views: 6402

Re: Help Me Identify These Queens!

I've been lucky enough to find a few queens around Melbourne, Australia lately but i have no idea what species :oops: . i beleive that one is a fire ant and the other a sugar ant and neither are laying eggs. but the other has the largest brood pile i have ever seen for a single queen. So not only a...
by Good2Know15
Wed Jun 09, 2021 4:33 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Ant worker identification
Replies: 3
Views: 1517

Re: Ant worker identification

This ant species is literally everywhere. It's about 4 mm long and thorax and head is red. I have seen this ant so many times and everywhere. Pls can any of you guys identify the species it would be really helpful. I guess this is a pheidoli ant worker. Location- Delhi, India ( also these ants don'...
by Good2Know15
Wed Jun 09, 2021 4:20 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Help me with queen id
Replies: 19
Views: 5225

Re: Help me with queen id

I was walking in the park and then i noticed some like clouds of mosquitoes i soom realized they were ants i managed to capture 2 queens one hase no wings and the other has but i saw her mating with a male ant so i think she is fertile i think the queens are solenopsis fugax, monomorium minimum or ...
by Good2Know15
Wed Jun 09, 2021 4:14 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Help identifying my ant queen
Replies: 1
Views: 975

Re: Help identifying my ant queen

My sister got me a queen ant for my birthday, but she didn't ask the seller what species it was. I know the pictures aren't that high quality, but it's the best I got. I just want to know if they have any special feeding preferences that I should keep in mind or if I can just go with the regular su...
by Good2Know15
Sat May 23, 2020 11:16 am
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Help Identifying Queen
Replies: 2
Views: 1489

Re: Help Identifying Queen

I'm new to ant keeping and I found this Queen in Arizona on the eastern side of Maricopa County on the 21st at 10:00 pm, I don't have a macro lens so I just took a picture with a zoom lens from a distance so sorry for the bad image quality, if you could also tell me if its fully or semi claustral t...
by Good2Know15
Tue May 19, 2020 7:11 am
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Ant identification help
Replies: 1
Views: 1121

Re: Ant identification help

I have this small black winged ant, but I don’t know what species it is, and I don’t know if it’s a queen or male it also has a broken wing. (I have no idea how to attach a photo so it would help if someone would help with that). You need to uload your pictures to a website like imgur.com then post...
by Good2Know15
Tue May 19, 2020 7:05 am
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Ant Identification Help Please
Replies: 1
Views: 1213

Re: Ant Identification Help Please

Hello! First time ever catching a queen but i have no idea what kind of ant it is. Caught in Central Oregon on May 16. Redish body with a black butt. I was also wondering how often and what the best way is to check on her. Thank you so much. Sorry about the picture quality ( I didnt want to stress ...
by Good2Know15
Tue May 19, 2020 7:02 am
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Three ant queens need ID!
Replies: 3
Views: 1907

Re: Three ant queens need ID!

Lasius americanus 1&2 Prenolepis impairs Polygynous myrmica sp. Polygynous Thank you! I had my suspicions about myrmica, but I wasn't sure. But those second ones can't be prenolepis imparis. these buggers are barely 4 millimetres long! :D unless i've found some community of miniatures lol Those tin...