I would appreciate some help identifying this ant.

Help with identifying the species your ants

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System28
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I would appreciate some help identifying this ant.

Post: # 48816Post System28
Wed Aug 29, 2018 5:05 pm

Hi ant friends, I'm new to the ant keeping hobby. In July, I found this ant queen and put her in a test tube setup. Now she has a bunch of eggs. She is about 10mm long. I would be grateful if I could get an identification.
Thanks for your help and greetings from Switzerland.

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Boomdale
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Re: I would appreciate some help identifying this ant.

Post: # 48831Post Boomdale
Wed Aug 29, 2018 7:10 pm

By her size, I would guess Camponotis
Nylanderia Sp.
Pheidole Sp.

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AntsDakota
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Re: I would appreciate some help identifying this ant.

Post: # 48891Post AntsDakota
Thu Aug 30, 2018 4:16 pm

Lasius species. This picture is just blown up.
"God made every kind of wild beasts and every kind of livestock and every kind of creeping things;" (including ants) "and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:25

LearningAntz
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Location: Sherwood Park, Alberta

Re: I would appreciate some help identifying this ant.

Post: # 48926Post LearningAntz
Thu Aug 30, 2018 6:49 pm

System28 wrote:
Wed Aug 29, 2018 5:05 pm
Hi ant friends, I'm new to the ant keeping hobby. In July, I found this ant queen and put her in a test tube setup. Now she has a bunch of eggs. She is about 10mm long. I would be grateful if I could get an identification.
Thanks for your help and greetings from Switzerland.

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Lasius sp. We’d need a closeup of her antennal scapes and teeth in order to identify down the the species.

System28
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Re: I would appreciate some help identifying this ant.

Post: # 49408Post System28
Tue Sep 04, 2018 12:57 pm

Thank you for your help and sorry for my late reply. I didn't want to disturb the queen to much. These are the best pictures I could take of her antennal scapes and teeth without taking her out.
I could not find a Lasius sp. with a matching color pattern. The closest species i could find that matches the pattern is Camponotus turkestanus, but it is not native to Switzerland.

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TheRealAntMan
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Re: I would appreciate some help identifying this ant.

Post: # 49430Post TheRealAntMan
Tue Sep 04, 2018 4:24 pm

Lasius sp just means Lasius species. We are not sure of the exact species so we say Lasius species or for short Lasius sp. Better to wait for workers before IDing.
An ants' strength can be rivaled by few animals compared to relative body size.

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