Photos and video are here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s6cuydugab1rn8c/AAB7yFzcO-Fhf4ESmUpOsc_Va?dl=0
just found it today, on the sidewalk in Pittsburgh.
Thanks for any help!!
queen ID? (photos and video)
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Re: queen ID? (photos and video)
A Lasius social parasite from the umbratus group.
http://www.formiculture.com/topic/3252-much-ado-about-the-founding-of-lasius-temporary-social-parasites/
http://www.formiculture.com/topic/3252-much-ado-about-the-founding-of-lasius-temporary-social-parasites/
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Re: queen ID? (photos and video)
Wow thanks!
Very interesting. I guess this is not an easy way to get started in ants though. Best course is just to go ahead and release it back?
Very interesting. I guess this is not an easy way to get started in ants though. Best course is just to go ahead and release it back?
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Update (New photos. lost one wing. Still looks like Lasius parasite?) Re: queen ID? (photos and video)
I have posted 9 more photos (higher quality, I think, taken in daylight) at the link, which still has the old ones:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s6cuydugab1rn8c/AAB7yFzcO-Fhf4ESmUpOsc_Va?dl=0
Does it look definitively like a Lasius umbratus? If so I will release it. (Notice that it has since lost one wing.)
Obviously, if it's not a social parasite, I'm interested in keeping it to try to start a colony.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s6cuydugab1rn8c/AAB7yFzcO-Fhf4ESmUpOsc_Va?dl=0
Does it look definitively like a Lasius umbratus? If so I will release it. (Notice that it has since lost one wing.)
Obviously, if it's not a social parasite, I'm interested in keeping it to try to start a colony.
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