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What is this ant?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 3:56 pm
by TheAlphaAntsilon
I keep finding these workers but haven't seen a single queen? Can anyone identify them? Thanks in advance.
Re: What is this ant?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 4:11 pm
by TheAlphaAntsilon
I forgot to say that they are about half a centimeter in length
Re: What is this ant?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 8:54 pm
by Batspiderfish
And the location?
Re: What is this ant?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:07 pm
by Martialis
Location is a big deal.
I saw from another post that he was from Maryland. Perhaps this is the location.
Re: What is this ant?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:27 pm
by Batspiderfish
In that case, then these are probably Lasius latipes or Lasius claviger. 5mm is probably too large for Lasius, but Acanthomyops workers can get pretty big. Lasius interjectus are the largest, but you would probably have seen some of their alates, as those are spring/early summer fliers.
Other possibilities are workers from the umbratus and flavus groups.
Re: What is this ant?
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 5:54 am
by TheAlphaAntsilon
Batspiderfish wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:27 pm
In that case, then these are probably
Lasius latipes or
Lasius claviger. 5mm is probably too large for
Lasius, but
Acanthomyops workers can get pretty big.
Lasius interjectus are the largest, but you would probably have seen some of their alates, as those are spring/early summer fliers.
Other possibilities are workers from the
umbratus and
flavus groups.
Thanks
Re: What is this ant?
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:13 am
by SpeciesK
Really, really orange ants! I am amazed there are real ants that color outside the tropics somewhere. And big ants at that. I hope you get a colony of them.
