I don't know if I caught a queen or not?!?

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BelgiumAntGuy
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I don't know if I caught a queen or not?!?

Post: # 78477Post BelgiumAntGuy
Sun Jun 13, 2021 7:10 am

Hello everyone.

I just caught a ant that looked like a queen but I'm not shore.
The ant is 10 mm long and was caught in Belgium (Europe).

I hope the picktures are clear enough just to tell if it is a queen or not.
Thanks in advance,

BelgiumAntGuy
(note this is my first ever ant I caught, I'm really exited)
The pictures:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/aL9iwtapRxF2sSp17

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Re: I don't know if I caught a queen or not?!?

Post: # 78478Post AM1C39
Sun Jun 13, 2021 7:37 am

Well... that is a bee.
My current colonies:
-Miniature Military(formica neogagates)
-Black Hearts(crematogaster cerasi)
In search of new camponotus colony
[Have a look at antmaps.org]

BelgiumAntGuy
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Re: I don't know if I caught a queen or not?!?

Post: # 78479Post BelgiumAntGuy
Sun Jun 13, 2021 7:55 am

Serieusly? Ok

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Re: I don't know if I caught a queen or not?!?

Post: # 78480Post BelgiumAntGuy
Sun Jun 13, 2021 7:56 am

That's strange because it has the jaws of an ant.

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Re: I don't know if I caught a queen or not?!?

Post: # 78484Post AntLuvForever
Sun Jun 13, 2021 10:33 am

Bees have no joints on their antenna while ants have one joint on their antenna. Yours have a straight antenna so it is an bee or wasp kind of insect.
Ant Colonies I Own :

(Prenolepis imparis)--Subzero

(Tetramorium immigrans)--The Concrete Angles

(Formica neogagates)--The Unyielding Legion

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