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It rained yesterday and I found half a dozen of these queens in a pool today. Their gasters are black and caramel colored. Sadly they all were drowned. Do you think this the Formica species? ant https://i.imgur.com/iAWo1Gg.jpg profile https://i.imgur.com/sv306qu.jpg single petiole, no spines https:/...

That is astounding knowledge, thanks for sharing... I am almost convinced and will wait a few weeks.

I have two tiny queens, about 3 mm. Both of them laid eggs and this week I saw that they hatched! So now I'm curious as to what this is. I did not want to disturb them too much today besides feeding and taking some quick snaps, so the photos are kinda meh. Maybe I will extract a tiny (1.5 mm ish) wo...

She has all the similarities as Tetramorium immigrans except that she is definitely bigger... the average worker for Tetramorium immigrans is under 3 mm and too challenging with my simple macro lens.

I found this ant next to the other and I posted about today. Under pine tree near a salt marsh.

I think it's Formica.....?

My $5 macro lens!

This worker ant is about 3mm. Found it under a pine tree in Rhode Island near a salt marsh. The third picture has a pair of propodeal spines. My guess is Myrmica.

Sweet Bar Harbor ant! That is awesome. I'm no expert but for me this year I have seen dozens of queens and it seems to take anywhere between 0-4 weeks. When it's warmer, they seem to lay eggs more quickly. It's important that you only check her once a week or less and in the meanwhile leave her out ...

Wondering how you can tell? I'm guessing it's how close and thin the petiole is to the gaster?

I was excited to find this one this morning. She had a dark brown-red hue to her and just felt different from what I had seen. I looked up the details and my best guess is a type of small Camponotus due to the 1 segment pedicel and the mostly smooth mesosoma. She is about 8 or 9 mm. I found her in m...

It's been a while but I found another queen this morning that looks like the same type. The queen is about 8 mm long. If the average worker ends up being 3 to 5 mm, my book keeps pointing to Myrmica, and if the average is under 3 mm, it's unclear. Is the gaster again too large for Myrmica? Here are ...