found 3 queens

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TheNamesJoe
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found 3 queens

Post: # 41668Post TheNamesJoe
Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:49 pm

i recently found 3 queen ants and need help identifying them. If some one can help me with this i would greatly appreciate it. :D




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TheNamesJoe
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Re: found 3 queens

Post: # 41669Post TheNamesJoe
Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:50 pm

btw foud in maryland

Attatexana
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Re: found 3 queens

Post: # 59208Post Attatexana
Thu Jun 06, 2019 8:09 am

Sorry, but your pictures are not clear enough to tell.

JDSweetMeat
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Re: found 3 queens

Post: # 59426Post JDSweetMeat
Thu Jun 13, 2019 3:48 am

The second and third picture look very similar to Tetramorium queens. The segmented thorax rules them out as any Formica or Camponotus species. Likewise, they don't have the physical characteristics of Lasius queens. Their gasters are alsk too large to be any Myrmica variant I've seen. Given that you're in Maryland, and the queens look somewhat similar to the wild Tetramorium alates in Illinois and Mikey's former queen Tetramorium from when he still lived in Canada, I'd place my bet on these being Tetramorium queens.

They also look eerily similar to Mikey's fire ant queen...

I'm not sure if invasive fireants live in your region, but if they do, you may have a problem on your hands soon because they grow like wildfire based on Mikey's Fire Nation.

antsRlife
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Re: found 3 queens

Post: # 74312Post antsRlife
Tue Oct 20, 2020 8:15 pm

yeah from looking at the 3rd pic, looks like a fire ant Spp. The rounded gaster, size, and square head sort of give it away but otherwise it may be tetramorium
Queens only:
Myrmecia Pilosula (6 larvae, 1 pupae)

Early Stage Nests:
x1 Anonychromyrma (15-20 workers)

Theantkid
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Re: found 3 queens

Post: # 77792Post Theantkid
Thu May 20, 2021 12:30 pm

Its funny how you can find 3 queen ants and a can't find one in a yard full of native ant colonies. :lol:
Theantkid, Keeper of Formica subsericea/The Black Knights, Queen name, Black and Gold.

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AntsAntsAnts
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Re: found 3 queens

Post: # 87236Post AntsAntsAnts
Mon Jan 24, 2022 4:23 am

hmm. It may be camponotus. The images are too distant too tell but they do not look like Solonopsis Geminata like AC's queens. Tetramorium/ pavement ants may be a possibility. Then again, it's unclear.
keeping:
all my queens died :(
got a sugar ant colony started :)

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Re: found 3 queens

Post: # 87251Post SolenopsisKeeper
Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:09 am

AntsAntsAnts wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 4:23 am
hmm. It may be camponotus. The images are too distant too tell but they do not look like Solonopsis Geminata like AC's queens. Tetramorium/ pavement ants may be a possibility. Then again, it's unclear.
3 year old topic user prob don’t care Ngl
When you accidentally reply to yourself…

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AntsAntsAnts
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Re: found 3 queens

Post: # 87296Post AntsAntsAnts
Tue Jan 25, 2022 3:44 am

SolenopsisKeeper wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:09 am
AntsAntsAnts wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 4:23 am
hmm. It may be camponotus. The images are too distant too tell but they do not look like Solonopsis Geminata like AC's queens. Tetramorium/ pavement ants may be a possibility. Then again, it's unclear.
3 year old topic user prob don’t care Ngl
how true is that :|
keeping:
all my queens died :(
got a sugar ant colony started :)

SolenopsisKeeper
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Re: found 3 queens

Post: # 87309Post SolenopsisKeeper
Tue Jan 25, 2022 7:17 am

AntsAntsAnts wrote:
Tue Jan 25, 2022 3:44 am
SolenopsisKeeper wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:09 am
AntsAntsAnts wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 4:23 am
hmm. It may be camponotus. The images are too distant too tell but they do not look like Solonopsis Geminata like AC's queens. Tetramorium/ pavement ants may be a possibility. Then again, it's unclear.
3 year old topic user prob don’t care Ngl
how true is that :|
Depends on user. If it was SYTEAO or however you spell it, or Antsluxumbourg, it probably would as they are active.
When you accidentally reply to yourself…

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