L. Hummle queen in southern MA, USA?
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Re: L. Hummle queen in southern MA, USA?
Looks like parasitic lasius
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Re: L. Hummle queen in southern MA, USA?
Parasitic Lasius for sure the gaster is thinnerthan most of the species a single petiole. Amd a little trick I kinda learned. Acanthomyops (parasitic lasius) have an almost lobster or shrimp look to the leg position of the front legs.
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Re: L. Hummle queen in southern MA, USA?
Lasius aphidicolus
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Re: L. Hummle queen in southern MA, USA?
I like when I copy and paste you're names and see that I was right about being parasitic... and it's nice that it's not correcting post... means I'm learning!
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