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ID Help
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 5:35 am
by SuperChampF350
I found this one in November 16 around 4:30 PM in Land O Lakes FL (Near Tampa)there are stripes on the gaster, and she like the humid side, also, sorry that the photos are a little blurry.
https://imgur.com/gallery/7k5U9WA
Re: ID Help
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 2:54 pm
by antnest8
looks a bit like lasius
Re: ID Help
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 4:49 pm
by SuperChampF350
SuperChampF350 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 03, 2018 5:35 am
I found this one in November 16 around 4:30 PM in Land O Lakes FL (Near Tampa)there are stripes on the gaster, and she like the humid side, also, sorry that the photos are a little blurry.
https://imgur.com/gallery/7k5U9WA
Btw I live in subtropics for those who don’t live in Florida so I have some temperate and tropical ants also, the queen is about 5mm long
Re: ID Help
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 4:55 pm
by SuperChampF350
SuperChampF350 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 03, 2018 4:49 pm
SuperChampF350 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 03, 2018 5:35 am
I found this one in November 16 around 4:30 PM in Land O Lakes FL (Near Tampa)there are stripes on the gaster, and she like the humid side, also, sorry that the photos are a little blurry.
https://imgur.com/gallery/7k5U9WA
Btw I live in subtropics for those who don’t live in Florida so I have some temperate and tropical ants also, the queen is about 5mm long
Also I suspect one of three genuses:Lasius, Camponotus, and Paratrechina
Re: ID Help
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 6:11 pm
by antnest8
do you have the length of the queen because the queen does not look big enough for a camponotus sp.
Re: ID Help
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 6:56 pm
by SuperChampF350
antnest8 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 03, 2018 6:11 pm
do you have the length of the queen because the queen does not look big enough for a camponotus sp.
Yah I posted it in my replies to myself, 5mm
Re: ID Help
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 5:06 pm
by antnest8
oh sorry i can't believe i missed that
Re: ID Help
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:52 pm
by DontSquishTheAnt
Okay, this is definitely Formicidae, and I think that you are probably correct in saying that this is part of the tribe Lasiini; as it is too small for either Formica or Camponotus. However, I can't say whether this is Lasius, Nylanderia, Paratrechina, or something else. The stripes are a good sign, saying that your queen has probably mated, but that doesn't really help with the ID. To get even a genus level identification, you would have to count mandibular teeth, seta density, palpomeres, et cetera. For now, though, we can say that it is probably Lasius or Nylanderia. It is definitely in the size range for both of those too.
Re: ID Help
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 4:49 am
by SuperChampF350
DontSquishTheAnt wrote: ↑Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:52 pm
Okay, this is definitely
Formicidae, and I think that you are probably correct in saying that this is part of the tribe
Lasiini; as it is too small for either
Formica or
Camponotus. However, I can't say whether this is
Lasius,
Nylanderia,
Paratrechina, or something else. The stripes are a good sign, saying that your queen has probably mated, but that doesn't really help with the ID. To get even a genus level identification, you would have to count mandibular teeth, seta density, palpomeres,
et cetera. For now, though, we can say that it is probably
Lasius or
Nylanderia. It is definitely in the size range for both of those too.
Yah I’m working on figuring out macro shots
Re: ID Help
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 10:58 am
by antnest8
the stripes could just be a species feature.