What species is this queen?

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Vatokaveyn
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Location: Windsor

What species is this queen?

Post: # 47461Post Vatokaveyn
Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:25 am

Found this queen under an inch or two under a rock in my backyard lawn. Collected it’s one worker I could find, I live in Windsor Ontario. Tried my best with the pictures in the link. Queen is 5mm long and the worker is 2mm.

http://s346.photobucket.com/user/Vatokaveyn/library/

JustCliff
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Location: Ohio

Re: What species is this queen?

Post: # 47472Post JustCliff
Tue Aug 14, 2018 1:07 pm

Brachymyrmex Depilis.... Maybe..


Literally just caught a colony last night when looking for mosses for a terrarium :lol:
Keeper of:
Temnothorax curvispinosus x2
Camponotus nearcticus
Brachymyrmex depilis
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Founding:
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Camponotus herculeanus

Vatokaveyn
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Location: Windsor

Re: What species is this queen?

Post: # 47474Post Vatokaveyn
Tue Aug 14, 2018 1:11 pm

JustCliff wrote:
Tue Aug 14, 2018 1:07 pm
Brachymyrmex Depilis.... Maybe..


Literally just caught a colony last night when looking for mosses for a terrarium :lol:
I think you’re right thank you!

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