ID Help

Help with identifying the species your ants

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Abyss013
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ID Help

Post: # 51727Post Abyss013
Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:01 pm

Hi. This queen was found on October 1st in Southern Ontario hanging around some rocks a couple feet from a large pond. Need help to ID her...

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TheRealAntMan
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Re: ID Help

Post: # 51728Post TheRealAntMan
Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:26 pm

This looks more like a mosquito than an ant.
An ants' strength can be rivaled by few animals compared to relative body size.
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Re: ID Help

Post: # 51735Post MadVampy
Tue Oct 02, 2018 4:09 am

That's not an ant. Not sure what type of insect it is maybe a wasp of some sort.
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Abyss013
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Re: ID Help

Post: # 51738Post Abyss013
Tue Oct 02, 2018 7:09 am

MadVampy wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 02, 2018 4:09 am
 That's not an ant. Not sure what type of insect it is maybe a wasp of some sort.
Thanks Vampy :lol:
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Abyss013
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Re: ID Help

Post: # 51739Post Abyss013
Tue Oct 02, 2018 7:11 am

TheRealAntMan wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:26 pm
 This looks more like a mosquito than an ant.
Thanks Antman :lol:
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AntsDakota
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Re: ID Help

Post: # 51782Post AntsDakota
Tue Oct 02, 2018 5:21 pm

Or perhaps a very odd male ant?
"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
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