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Definitely a Formica sp. queen, not experienced enough for a confident species level ID though. Nice picture btw and nice catch! Welcome to the club

Looks like a Formica sp.

I agree, not a queen

Need pics, locations and measurements

Its a super major, not a queen, sorry

ClashOwenBash wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 03, 2018 1:26 pm

I know a lot of people have been waiting for this: Myrmica Rubra nuptial flights are ocuring in Southern Uk!

Nice! Hope you catch some! You had any rain recently? The last rain here was already over a week ago and no rain in sight for a while either

Not too sure from these pictures but that might not be an ant at all.
Also the first link is not a shared folder.

MoonMika wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 02, 2018 12:04 pm

I am super confused now
So 2 is a formica while the rest is all Lasius (Niger) ?

Yes probably. Flying time is not important in this case as ClashOwenBash was referring to american species, not european.

Okay. Now I am starting to agree to this idea even more. It has been raining on and off the last couple of days with very long sunny spells in-between and yet zero activity on flights. Exactly the same is happening is here... I just read somewhere that (dutch) ants don't like it when the ambient ai...

Batspiderfish wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:04 am

Lasius americanus. Lasius niger and another unnamed species do exist in North America, but they're never what hobbyists bring in.

Owh okay... so how reliable is Antmaps, because i'm basing myself on that xD