Ant ID - Campanotus?

[tiger01vincent]

Hi, caught a queen right now, she is quet big, around 1.2cm in length.

Mid sweden (northern europe)

Her gaster is not big... is she a paracidic species? Her head totally black, maybie campanotous?

Thanks for helping me, I am a noob at species XD

[tiger01vincent]

Forgot the pics XD

[Phoenix]

I'll Say, Formica Sp.

[tiger01vincent]

I'll Say, Formica Sp.

But is it a paracidic ant or not?

[Batspiderfish]

These pictures are pretty shadowy. She is a Formica social parasite, from what I can tell. She will need Formica pupae if you wish to keep her.

[tiger01vincent]

These pictures are pretty shadowy. She is a Formica social parasite, from what I can tell. She will need Formica pupae if you wish to keep her.

Thanks for the info, but what in the pictures where shadowy?! I know I used a setting of f/6.1 I think, and thats why the whole ant is not in focus.... Aaaand thats why I tiik pictures from different angles...

[Batspiderfish]

These pictures are pretty shadowy. She is a Formica social parasite, from what I can tell. She will need Formica pupae if you wish to keep her.

Thanks for the info, but what in the pictures where shadowy?! I know I used a setting of f/6.1 I think, and thats why the whole ant is not in focus.... Aaaand thats why I tiik pictures from different angles...

Well, if she were from the sanguinea group, I would probably be able to see the clypeal notch from the third photo, but she is only well-lit from the top of the head.

If you use a flash, you should be able to go to a much narrower aperture and at ~1/200 for a more broadly focused and better lit image. Also, diffusion helps image quality a lot when using a flash (or sunlight) for macro, which you can get by taping a coffee filter or something over the flash unit.

[tiger01vincent]

These pictures are pretty shadowy. She is a Formica social parasite, from what I can tell. She will need Formica pupae if you wish to keep her.

Thanks for the info, but what in the pictures where shadowy?! I know I used a setting of f/6.1 I think, and thats why the whole ant is not in focus.... Aaaand thats why I tiik pictures from different angles...

Well, if she were from the sanguinea group, I would probably be able to see the clypeal notch from the third photo, but she is only well-lit from the top of the head.

If you use a flash, you should be able to go to a much narrower aperture and at ~1/200 for a more broadly focused and better lit image. Also, diffusion helps image quality a lot when using a flash (or sunlight) for macro, which you can get by taping a coffee filter or something over the flash unit.

Thanks again! I will think of this next time!

I just did not get what you ment with "shadowy" but now I get it!