Need help identifying this tiny ant

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AntScape
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Need help identifying this tiny ant

Post: # 78164Post AntScape
Tue Jun 01, 2021 3:04 pm

Hello!

Me and my boyfriend went on a scavenger trip in the forest and we found one ant we can't identify. Could you guys please help?

Link to photo of her: https://ibb.co/bmgd3F6

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Re: Need help identifying this tiny ant

Post: # 78165Post AntScape
Tue Jun 01, 2021 3:45 pm

Also we caught it in northern Germany

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Re: Need help identifying this tiny ant

Post: # 78167Post AM1C39
Tue Jun 01, 2021 7:18 pm

Hard to tell from the photo. have a look at antmaps.org they can show you what ants live in your area.
My current colonies:
-Miniature Military(formica neogagates)
-Black Hearts(crematogaster cerasi)
In search of new camponotus colony
[Have a look at antmaps.org]

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Re: Need help identifying this tiny ant

Post: # 78208Post AntScape
Fri Jun 04, 2021 4:00 am

Update! After a lot of research I stumbled across a picture depicting the most common lasius species in Germany and I thought one of them looked very familiar. After some more research we are now quite sure she's a Lasius fuliginosus queen, we are really happy we found this out so we can accommodate her parasitical needs and feed her :)

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