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Yeah they are most likely unmated

Agreed when I was 18 and stupid I got my first tattoo of the famous face hugger in an egg surrounded by smoke picture... still love it... paid a little too much but again, I love em all from ridley Scott's original Alien to the horrendously cheesy AVPS and I am a weirdo who loved both prometheus and...

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Thu Sep 13, 2018 8:49 pm

Lasius aphidicolus

I like when I copy and paste you're names and see that I was right about being parasitic... and it's nice that it's not correcting post... means I'm learning!

I just want to add an observation out of all the ants I've seen so far ant 1 looks most like a xenomorph from aliens movies her color and her shape is just amazing.

Okay ant 1 is a Crematogaster Sp. I'd need to see more details for more in depth answer.

And ant 2 appears to be Lasius sp. but again I'd need suuup er close pictures of the workers to give a positive id.

Any chance for a heads hot photo I'm sure she's in the Myrmicinae family

So picking peppers today I made a funny discovery of a good way to determine what ant is what I made a little humorous observation Green pepper mature -fully claustral Green pepper immature -semiclastrual non parasitic Jalepeno pepper- parasitic Hungarian pepper -male It's funny and a little creepy ...

I believe I saw pogonomyrmex. . Last night but it was so quick that by the time I realized what I saw turned around to look at her again she was gone... but I'm almost positive.

Parasitic Lasius for sure the gaster is thinnerthan most of the species a single petiole. Amd a little trick I kinda learned. Acanthomyops (parasitic lasius) have an almost lobster or shrimp look to the leg position of the front legs.

Lasius love sweets. Sugar water honey syrup a piece of candy, lol. But because peanuts are not part of their natural diet I doubt they would eat it if ya need protein for brood ask a pet store if you can get a single cricket to try they may give ya one for free as a trial.