Queen ant Identification(found in Feytroun, Lebanon at the beginning of September)

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BeginnerAntKeeper12
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Queen ant Identification(found in Feytroun, Lebanon at the beginning of September)

Post: # 84589Post BeginnerAntKeeper12
Sun Oct 31, 2021 12:44 am

I found this queen ant in Feytroun, Lebanon at the beginning of September.
Link to photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/JLdnEa69WYTjBsfo8
It is 1.2cm long
It keeps going back and forth in its test tube.
Hope this info helps to identify its species.
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SYUTEO
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Re: Queen ant Identification(found in Feytroun, Lebanon at the beginning of September)

Post: # 84592Post SYUTEO
Sun Oct 31, 2021 3:51 am

Messor sp, most likely M. barbarus.
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BeginnerAntKeeper12
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Re: Queen ant Identification(found in Feytroun, Lebanon at the beginning of September)

Post: # 84603Post BeginnerAntKeeper12
Sun Oct 31, 2021 3:32 pm

Thank you
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AntsAntsAnts
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Re: Queen ant Identification(found in Feytroun, Lebanon at the beginning of September)

Post: # 87958Post AntsAntsAnts
Wed Feb 09, 2022 4:20 am

BeginnerAntKeeper12 wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 31, 2021 3:32 pm
 Thank you
it is either messor barbarus or a species of crematogaster
keeping:
all my queens died :(
got a sugar ant colony started :)
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