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Hello I need some assistance on the matter of identifying my ant who I call tactic.I found her on the 5th July at around 4-5 o'clock in the after noon out side my house. she is 8 mm with black with yellowish stripes on her gaster. my larvae are about to pupate so i would like to know quite soon and because winter is coming/hibernation season. hopefully the pictures work and help you identify her.





thank you

thank you but do you know which sp

never mind i just found and image just like her

tictac wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 12, 2017 3:52 pm

never mind i just found and image just like her

There is a reason that Pheonix didnt say the sp. Lasius is hard to identify from photos. you often have to wait till you get workers to figure it out. that is, unless batspider fish takes a look at it.

The only claustral, Eastern North American Lasius flying in July is Lasius alienus. Otherwise, it would take macro work close enough to see the hairs on the queen's antennae.

i'm pretty sure she is a lacius flavus because the image of lasius flavus and my queen ant look identical and a month a go I saw a colony out side my house which were orange so i thought they might of been myrmica sp but when i see them now the look more like lacius .however i don't know much about ants and this is my fist queen .

ps. do you have any tips for a fist time keeper

thanks

tictac wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 13, 2017 9:47 am

i'm pretty sure she is a lacius flavus because the image of lasius flavus and my queen ant look identical and a month a go I saw a colony out side my house which were orange so i thought they might of been myrmica sp but when i see them now the look more like lacius .however i don't know much about ants and this is my fist queen .

ps. do you have any tips for a fist time keeper

thanks

It is impossible that she is Lasius flavus. with many ants it takes microscopic work to figure out the exact species. Photos of lasius queens often look extremely similar, but in reality they are completely different.

OK thanks. but do they need any different treatment for different subclass of lacius

Sorry, I originally thought you were from Plymouth, Massachusetts. If the queen was found in England, that makes things a little harder, since Lasius in your area tend to fly at around the same time. Sadly, this means that we would need to closely examine the hair coverage of the antennae. Perhaps your workers will eclose and be yellow, solving this mystery.

All claustral Lasius are pretty easy to keep.